[CAUT] Chopstick tool needles?

[Diane Hofstetter]

Susan,
 
I thought I would leave it for someone more knowledgeable than me, but since no one has replied, I  will take a stab at it.  #7 sharps ?
 
 
Diane


Diane Hofstetter





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> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:51:55 -0800
> From: skline at peak.org
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Subject: [CAUT] Chopstick tool needles?
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> Yesterday I was voicing before a concert, and for only the second time
> ever I broke the tip off the needle in my chopstick voicing tool. I got
> out the needle case I keep in an old pill container in my kit, which
> also luckily held the tiny allen key for the chopstick, and I found
> that I had exactly one needle left in there. Plus I had used it
> multiple times to open clogged CA glue bottle spouts. Luckily when I
> broke it in two to make it short enough, the CA came off it.
>
> Anyway, years ago I had some idea which needles to buy for this kind of
> voicing, but now I'm drawing a blank. I've been using a fairly small
> "sharps" needle. Does anyone have any hints about what size and type I
> should get? I leave about 1/3 of an inch exposed.
>
> thanks ...
>
> Susan Kline
>
> P.S. Tuned and voiced for Jon Nakamatsu and Jon Manasse yesterday --
> what gents, what musicians!
>