On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 00:26:55 -0500 "Ron Berry" <ronberry@iquest.net> writes: > Soaking is the way to get the corfam off the back catcher. > Wallpaper remover will work or even water and alcohol to thin the > water. You need to reapply several times but don't let it drip into > > other parts of the action. Once they have been soaked they will > pull > right off. ** A stationary 1" belt sander is a great cleanup tool for the catchers. > > The corfam on under the butt where the jack works will pop loose on > the outside edge and then use needle nose pliers **Or duckbill pliers** to pull it out of > the > slot. Use a knife to clean out the slot. **It has also been suggested to use a hacksaw to clean out the slot. IF you have a bandsaw ( the smallest one out there is hundreds of times larger than really necessary.) with a rather fine toothed blade ( about 10+tpi) that saw will do the job with great ease and very quickly. I offer these tips from the experience of having to remove and replace the stuff. John R. Fortiner Billings, MT. > > Ron Berry > > > > > Since I use wallpaper remover to get old key bushings out, I am > about > > to give this a try. There should be a better way to get this > stuff > > off. Please help! (desperate tone of voice) > > > > Thank you, > > Clyde Hollinger > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ron Berry, RPT, Indianapolis, IN > ronberry@iquest.net > Check out the Piano Page at: > http://www.ptg.org/ > for great information about Pianos ___________________________________________________________________ Why pay more to get Web access? Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
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