<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Decapping bridges with spirit</title></head><body> <div>At 17:32 -0700 2/8/08, Fenton Murray wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>John,</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Very nice. I've not seen or heard of this on bridge caps. Would you use this procedure on a pinblock/stretcher joint?</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Absolutely.  That's the way I was told everyone did it when I was younger.  Here is the lock front removed from the same piano by the same method.  I've taken tops and sides off uprights this way too.  The tools you use depend on the job -- sometimes you'll rely on chisels and wedges.</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div align="center"><img src="cid:p06240808c4bafc9c5c4a@[10.0.0.1].1.0"></div> <div><br></div> <div>At 17:57 -0700 2/8/08, David Love wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>By alcohol do you mean regular isopropyl alcohol which is a mixture in some<br> proportion of alcohol and water or do you mean straight denatured alcohol? </blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Just straight ethyl alcohol, denatured or not -- in England we call it "meths", short for "methylated spirit".  It could be that methyl alcohol (wood alcohol) would work as well or better; I'm intending to order some for other purposes so I'll try it.  As to Isopropyl alcohol, I'd have my doubts.</div> <div><br></div> <div>JD</div> <div><br></div> <div> </div> </body> </html>