plastic elbow question..

[DICK BEATON]

I just have to put my two bits worth in on the plastic elbow procedures...
First...dont use side cutters!  If they slip to one side you will split the
wippen!
Use flat long nose pliars with jaws the same width as the elbow.  File some
ridges in them if need be.
You don't need a TORCH!!  Just get a small soldering iron at Radio Shack. 
It doesn't take much heat to soften it enough to pull it off the pin.  Pull
the remainder of the felt bushing off with your pliars.
To help save your back, put a blanket or something over the piano, pull it
away from the wall and tip it back against the wall.  You can then just sit
down in front of it cross legged and go to it.
Use those same pliars to break the old plastic away from the wire.  
Dick..RPT  Montana  (Out in the boonies with the sheeeeeep hurders)

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> From: Greg Newell <gnewell@en.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: plastic elbow question..
> Date: Thursday, June 19, 1997 5:25 PM
> 
> On Wed, 18 Jun 1997 07:17:10 -0400 (EDT), Phil Bondi wrote:
> 
> >..i do not own a portable torch...and there have been a couple of
> >suggestions to use one when removing the old elbows...question: will the
old
> >elbows just unscrew from the wire?..as for the whippen portion of the
elbow,
> >i'm fine with the technique to be used, but i'm a little confused as the
to
> >correct procedure to remove from the wire..don't need any more damage
than
> >what's already there.!.
> >
> >..thank you.
> >
> 
> Phil and List,
> 	I believe that you won't be sorry if you go out and buy a simplr propane
torch kit 
> and burn them off. Heat the Wire only and after about 7 seconds or so the
old elbow will 
> just fall off. If your really thinking ahead you'll have the new ones
there ready to slide on 
> the moment the old one is removed.  If you're uncomfortable removing them
this way 
> use side cutters to snip them off the wire and (ugh!) screw the new ones
back on.
> Hope this helps!
> 					Greg
> 
> P.S.  I refuse to keep a set of these in stock because as soon as I do I
won't see them 
> anymore!    ....... on second thought, maybe I should!!!! 
> Greg and Mary Ellen Newell
> Greg's Piano Forte`
> Lakewood, Ohio 44107
> gnewell@en.com
> 
>