<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Tom Sivak <A href="mailto:tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net">tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net</A><BR><BR> <DIV>The PTG reccommends that you use Renner flange bushing cloth for the Technical portion of the RPT Exam and better advice has never been found.  I tried using cloth from Pianotek, and from Schaff with limited success.  Then I tried it with the Renner cloth.  Voile!  Suddenly it was easy.  Relatively.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now that I've rebushed my one flange, I hope to never have to do it again.  I don't know where I put my one strip of Renner cloth after taking the exam.  And I don't care.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But if ya gotta do it, use the Renner cloth.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tom Sivak</DIV> <DIV>Chicago<BR><BR><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size=4>I hoped that, too, but it's a good skill to have. I rebush flanges in the field about twice a year. More often if I need to repin flanges on certain chinese-built pianos that don't appear to have the bushings glued in. DAMHIK</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Dave Davis, RPT</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>