<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I heard when I was at Yamaha that they = use an electric carving knife to cut the foam quickly and neatly. For what it's = worth.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></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=sarah@gendernet.org = href="mailto:sarah@gendernet.org">Sarah Fox</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> Friday, August 08, 2003 = 4:20 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Accoustic = Foam</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>> When we build aircraft wings and parts we use a = hot wire to cut it.<BR>> Transformer and pianowire should work nicely. = Rich<BR><BR>A lower-tech, but still quite clean way to do it is with a very long, sharp<BR>butcher knife.  Pull the foam slightly apart as you = cut.  Long, vertical<BR>strokes.  Better than a boxing knife, in my = experience, as the tip of the<BR>blade pricks the = foam.<BR><BR>Peace,<BR>Sarah<BR><BR>_____________________________________= __________<BR>pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>