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Re: nail polish ..

Author: donald
Date: 2015-05-26 08:41

Here is a suggestion- the hole you will need to fill (under the key cup of the F/C key) is usually quite seriously undercut, leaving a small "cylindrical section" of tonehole to work with. As a permanent solution I'd suggest something more like a "putty", but as this might also be more difficult to remove in the event you are not happy with the result, do a "test run" using blue tack. (I think called "ticky tack" in USA).
No doubt some people will scream that his is terrible etc etc... but I can tell you that more than one top pro I've known has used this material for fine tuning- it's easily applied and easily removed. Whether it's suitable for long term tuning is moot (the former principal of the NZSO had blue tack in many toneholes for a decade) but for a short term "will I be happy if I fill this hole in" test, it's very suitable.
dn

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