----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 10:40 AM Subject: Re: The Right Tool for the Right Job Revisited > Put it off for a looooooooooooooooooong time <G> > Joe Goss Joe! That's a lot like the old question. "Is it bad luck to postpone a wedding?" Not if you keep postponing it. Carl Meyer Ptg assoc Santa Clara, Ca. > imatunr@srvinet.com > www.mothergoosetools.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 11:32 AM > Subject: Re: The Right Tool for the Right Job Revisited > > > > > > This brings up another question, or maybe the same one. I've tried all > > sorts of things when de-stringing. I've cut them at the counter bearing > and > > pulled them straight up off of the pins (lots of sparks and shrapnel and > > too hard on the wrists), clipped the beckets with a hollow punch (the > loose > > pieces are still in the pin and eternally resist me lifting the coil off > of > > the pin), cut the string at the coil and backed the pins coil and all out > > with the drill (this isn't bad), spun the pins out without cutting > > anything, depending on the becket to break by itself (more sparks, > > occasional terrifying and painful surprises [not recommended]), cut the > > wire somewhere between becket and agraffe and pried the becket and coil > off > > with the modified screwdriver (which is what I seem to come back to). > > > > I know the preferred method is to have a sacrificial shop slave do it, but > > what do the rest of you do when you have to do your own work? > > Ron N > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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