You know, when it comes to tools, I like good ones, but sometimes you don't have to get them from piano supply houses. I have flush cutting cutters for center pins that I bought from Home Depot, and a pair of piano wire cutters that are Kleins that I bought from an electrical supply place nearly 30 years ago. Hammer head removers and hanging jigs and other piano specific tools have to be purchased from the supply houses, but lots of tools that we use are more generic and can be found locally. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 1/1/2003 at 8:17 PM J Patrick Draine wrote: >On Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at 04:50 PM, Farrell wrote: > >> I likely bought mine from Schaff or APSCO. Is there a better quality >> one available? > >I've been misplacing miscellaneous tools lately, and sometimes ordering >a replacement (at least until the old one reappears!) has seemed the >way to go. >I've been rather disappointed by several recent purchases from Schaff. >The balance rail easing end of the CF Tool has sharp edges that damage >the balance rail felt (fortunately I found the one I bought from John >Roll's son 20 years ago). The center pin nippers are most inadequate (I >just got an excellent replacement from Pianotek). And the grand hammer >extractor is nice & shiny with chrome but will require some grinding to >make it useable. >Moral of the story: don't misplace your tools. Buy the best tools you >can (Renner, Pianotek, or the various boutique tool specialists ><Seasons Greetings Joe>), or plan on spending time customizing them >until they're useable. > >Patrick Draine > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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