This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Barbara, =20 >From your posts I think you might just have a leverage problem. I use a home made hook that consist of a discarded bass string. The core is made into a hook and then the coiled portion is made into a loop and serves as the handle. Now to the leverage part. I use my right hand to hold the handle while my right elbow is resting on the tuning pins, plate or wathever. I use my left hand to push up on my right wrist while my left elbow is resting on solid ground as well. This way I feel I have a lot more subtle control instead of just pulling up on any kind of tool. =20 Just my 2 =A2 =20 Marcel Carey, RPT Sherbrooke, QC -----Message d'origine----- De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] De la part de Barbara Richmond Envoy=E9 : 18 octobre 2005 21:05 =C0 : Joe Garrett; Pianotech Objet : Re: Remedial string leveling Thanks, Joe. =20 =20 I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures. Maybe I won't have to stand on the keybed anymore to get enough leverage. Well, actually, I put one foot on the keybed and the other on the stretcher to steady myself. It's a real pain when a tool slips and I fall backwards. One time when I did slip my foot got wedged between the keybed and pinblock and I was hanging from the keybed by my knees! Say, what would you recommend to remove shoe marks from the top of the stretcher? Just joking! Oh, heck, I would do it, but I'm afraid of heights. :-) =20 Barbara Richmond, RPT =20 =20 =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Joseph Garrett <mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net> =20 To: pianotech <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org> =20 Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 7:25 PM Subject: Re: Remedial string leveling =20 Barbara, There are two tools that are quite easy to use, (don't need brute strength). I'll scan them and post, so's ya can see them. Both can be made by you, if'n you have a shop w/drill press, grinder, sander, etc. Regards, =20 Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I =20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/53/24/36/b3/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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