<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jon,</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fabulous craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing,</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dave Davis, RPT<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Jon Page <jonpage@comcast.net><BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 5:35:25 AM<BR>Subject: First Ecsaine Install<BR><BR> <DIV>After finding a saw blade that fit the width of the kerf in the butt,<BR>cleaning went easier.<BR>In the photo, the butt on the left shows the first round of gluing.<BR>The center butt shows the second round with a clamp for<BR>securing the butt material; the catcher required no clamping<BR>as the thinner material allowed the Bolduc glue to hold beautifully.<BR>The butt on the right shows the trimmed catcher material.<BR><BR>It's not a difficult task but it sure is time consuming. By the time<BR>I file the hammers on the oscillating drum sander and reinstall<BR>the hammers, I figure I'll be into this operation for about 8 hours.<BR><BR>Was Baldwin using Corfam in 1980?  I bought another Baldwin<BR>console this past week and forgot to check for it, gulp.<BR>-- <BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Jon Page</DIV></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><BR></DIV></div></body></html>