<html> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (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> Hi = Del, I’ve been wanting to try the shrink Teflon.  Where do you get = it? Thanks = and Happy New Year. jeannie   <div> Jeannie Grassi, RPT Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal <a = href="mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net">mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net</a>= </div>   <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center = style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'> <hr size=3 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From:</spa= n> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Delwin D Fandrich Sent: Thursday, December = 29, 2005 2:37 PM To: 'Pianotech' Subject: RE: Ungar heat = gun </div>    </f= ont> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid navy = 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt; margin-left:3.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'>=  </f= ont> <div class=MsoNormal align=center = style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'> <hr size=3 width="100%" align=center tabIndex=-1> </div> From:<= font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org = [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of = Erwinspiano@aol.com Sent: December 29, 2005 = 1:30 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Ungar heat = gun <div>   Hey Guys & Dolls </div> <div>   I though before I went out & purchased a new heat gun I'd see if any = one has a good used one they like to part with.  I use it primarily for heating shanks. </div> <div>   Thanks </div> <div>   Dale  </div> </blockquote> <div>  </f= ont> </div> <div> Part with an Unger heat gun? You're kidding, = right? </div> <div>  </f= ont> </div> <div> I demonstrated one of these -- a Princess model -- in the = first class I ever did at a PTG Convention (1972, Portland, Oregon). The class = was on grand hammer hanging and I was using it to demonstrate heating = hammershanks. It was a carry-over from my Air Force days where I had used it to shrink = Teflon tubing around soldered joints. As I recall no one in the class had ever = seen one before but by the next year it had shown up in the Schaff or APSCO = catalog (I don't remember which). Since then I've been through several but = wouldn't dream of parting with the one I have now. </div> <div>  </f= ont> </div> <div> Speaking of shrinkable Teflon tubing -- it's still the best = fix I know of for sticky old Steinway butterfly springs. </div> <div>  </f= ont> </div> <div> Del </div> </div> </body> </html>