<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple id="role_body" = bottomMargin=7 leftmargin=7 topmargin=7 rightMargin=7> <div class=Section1> No = problem.  Can’t take all the credit.  Learned about the stuff from David (you = balance my action and I’ll balance yours) Stanwood.  He posted on the = list awhile back about using the stuff to fill empty key lead holes and maybe capstan holes when relocating.    BTW  I can’t imagine = tuning the number of pianos I do without an ETD, both in terms of wear and tear = (hands, arms, brain, ears) and predictable speed; and I tuned aurally for many years = before I finally bought one.   Of course you should know how to tune = aurally, but unless you’re frightfully lazy, an ETD can help you there as = well with verification.  If I tuned all beautifully clean and nicely = rendering pianos… nah, not even then.  But to labor over some less then = lovely PSO (or is that POS) where the only satisfaction is in finishing, = can’t see it.  Doesn’t hurt in pulling in those sometimes difficult = to hear notes at the very top of the register either, especially when dink, = dink, dink, sounds more like clack, clack, clack.  Not a bad idea to = verify the ETD with your ears either.  An ETD’s perfectly calculated = scale doesn’t always work so perfectly.  Unisons, of course, must generally be done aurally anyway, except maybe in the upper end.  = <div> David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net<= /font> = </div> -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Erwinspiano@aol.com Sent: Sunday, July 24, = 2005 9:22 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Abatron epoxy = putty   <div>   &nbs= p;  A few weeks a go we were having a discussion on filling rib notches = & David Love suggested this product. </div> <div>   I now have some experience with. It's is about the consistency of play = dough or lighter & it doesn't run like many 2 part epoxy resins. Simply = mix equaal parts & squish it together till it's one uniform color. I = wear plastic gloves. I have formed it to replace small missing  = bench trim pieces. Let it dry & then sand & it looks great & is very strong.  Easy to sand & color.I repaired a small dent in the = face of a new soundboard I was prepping & it blended to nearly invisible. I've = been looking a while for a product that would do this job. </div> <div>   I love technology </div> <div>  Thanks for the tip David. </div> <div>   Dale Erwin </div> </div> </body> </html>