What still annoys me to this day is the upright action cradle. The U shaped hunk of steel with the threaded rod for tightening down on the action bracket isn't at a perfectly flat 90 degrees. So the cradle vears off one way or the other. Does anyone make a better one? I have seen and bought the Pianotek red things and their alright but I really like the action cradle. David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Dave Nereson <davner@kaosol.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 01:10:01 -0600 Subject: Re: screw holders >----- Original Message ----- >From: "J Patrick Draine" <draine@comcast.net> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 11:42 AM >Subject: screw holders >> What are the rest of you doing for screw holders? The Schaff "rigid shaft >> screwholder" (#874) is next to useless for removing/replacing hammer >> flanges screws in vertical piano actions. My old ones which looks the >> same, from Apsco or Tuners Supply, worked fine, but I lost them (on some >> customer's floor no doubt). The current (unless they redesigned since I >> complained to a staffer at Nashville) Schaff version doesn't open wide >> enough to release the screw properly. Anyone buy one recently that is >> acceptable? >> How about other models at other suppliers that you're satisfied with?? >> Patrick Draine >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > I think I got mine from the old Tuner's Supply and it's pretty good, >i.e., about the right size for flange screws, but also works (kinda, sorta) >on screws much smaller and much larger. I'd like to have another one but >all the ones I see available now are either too big to fit between action >parts or the grabber part is so strong it will tear off chunks of finger or >they're too stiff to operate or they're built for retrieving bolts lost >down in the bowels of car engines! Then there's the real small type which I >seldom use. > The main problem with my old ("good") one is that the screw gets knocked >sideways too easily (pointing off at a right angle instead of straight >ahead). > This is another example of one of my pet peeves: pianos have been >around for 300 years, but many of the tools available for working on them >are just terrible! And the supply houses (one large one comes to mind) >continue to sell mediocre tools, tools that break the first time you use >them (shank/hammer head pullers), tools that don't quite work (vertical >backcheck benders, spoon benders), tools that are meant for doing things >that quality rebuilders frown on (key button swaging tool), tools that are >way bigger, heavier, and clunkier than they need be, tools that are built >too lightly for their intended purpose, etc. etc. > The advent of Pianotek and a few of the other smaller suppliers in >recent decades has helped some, but, like the guy said, why isn't there a >decent screw grabber that works??!! > --David Nereson, RPT > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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