Thanks, Diane, I'll give that a try. I need to replenish the kit before I break just one more, or need to unclog a CA glue bottle again. I go years without breaking a chopstick needle, but if I don't have a replacement with me, Murphy's Law might break one sooner than usual. Susan On 11/18/2010 8:01 AM, Diane Hofstetter wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > ________________________________ >> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:51:55 -0800 >> From: skline at peak.org >> To: caut at ptg.org >> Subject: [CAUT] Chopstick tool needles? >> >> >> 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! >>
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