shop tip trivia--trimming shanks

[Cy Shuster]

Don,

There are two kinds: one with a ring on one side that works like a 
guillotine, and another like the wire cutters on pliers (like two 
parentheses () facing each other).  Do you have a preference?

--Cy Shuster--
Bluefield, WV
(Dalmatian owner)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: shop tip trivia--trimming shanks


> Hi Dale,
>
> Have you tried "dog toe nail clippers"? Look at Walmart.
>
> At 08:29 PM 17/12/2004 EST, you wrote:
>>I've tried several ways of trimming the long ends of new shanks.

> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.