old sharps

[Diane Hofstetter]

You can turn the vice into a neat sharp removing jig by taping a thin stick 
of wood on each jaw to protect the sharp, then set the jaws of the vice the 
correct distance apart (ever so slightly wider than the sharp), set the 
sharp between the jaws, keystick up.  Then simply bend the keystick towards 
you.  Off pops the sharp.

Diane

Diane Hofstetter




----Original Message Follows----
From: Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net>
Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: old sharps
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:17:36 -0400

Salvaged materials always come in handy. To get them off, secure the sharp 
in a vise
and whack the keystick.  Or you could place the keystick in the vise and 
tighten until you
hear crunching and knock the sharp off (not to be done when saving the 
keystick).
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Regards,

Jon Page