<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I'm not the guy you asked to respond, but:</DIV> <DIV>He didn't know the correct term for emery cloth and "sand(ing) = cloth, or linen" was the closest he could come up with, I think.   Some = people just use a shoe-shine technique on it (with the strings removed), just = enough to remove the nicks.</DIV> <DIV>--David Nereson, RPT</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 31, 2003 = 10:51 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: capo bar = file</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>What on earth is sand linen? Please tell me more. Also, = would you care to detail your procedures for reshaping the capo? Thanks.<BR><BR>Terry Farrell<BR>  <BR>----- Original Message = ----- <BR>From: "Keith Roberts" <<A href="mailto:kpiano@goldrush.com">kpiano@goldrush.com</A>><BR>To: = "Pianotech" <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: = Saturday, May 31, 2003 12:01 PM<BR>Subject: Re: capo bar file<BR><BR><BR>I was = thinking I would take a small file and break it with a hammer. If it was an old = one or flea market stuff, some pieces would cut better than others. Then use = the sand linen like Oleg suggests.<BR>Keith Roberts<BR>  ----- Original = Message ----- <BR>  From: Jack Houweling <BR>  To: Pianotech = <BR>  Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 12:07 AM<BR>  Subject: capo bar file<BR><BR><BR>  I am in the market for a capo bar file. Does = anyone know where I could purchase one , or can one be made. Can any one put = a photo of one on this list. <BR><BR>  Thanks Jack Houweling <BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>