[CAUT] Chopstick tool needles?

[David Skolnik]

What's the assumption with regard to how this tool is being used?  Is 
it in-piano sugar coating, or are you looking for deeper 
penetration?  The Sharps sizes to go up (or down) to at least #12.
David Skolnik



At 12:23 PM 11/18/2010, you wrote:
>Susan,
>
>Fabric stores usually sell #6 sharps, and they work.  But I really 
>like the German ones from Jugen.  #7 is a little thinner, and 
>therefore weaker - but maybe that's OK if you don't make them too long.
>
>Don Mannino
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf 
>Of Susan Kline
>Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:01 AM
>To: caut at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Chopstick tool needles?
>
>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!
> >>