Following Dean's lead, I scurried right off to WallyWorld to get one of those handy-dandy 7-in-1 screwdrivers! $3.97 plus tax around here, and it does indeed include seven different toolnesses. Even more amazing, however.... Because I really was looking for pliers that would make spinet jackspring R&R a pleasure (they do exist, right?), I wandered a bit further into the store to check out what was available in Sporting Goods, the site of previous Cool Tool plier finds. And what did I spy this time? A pair of 8" Stainless Steel Pliers with "Built-in Tuning Slots". How could I pass those up? I accosted total strangers in my search for the meaning of "built-in tuning slots", but nobody seemed to know what it meant. But I couldn't pass 'em up, so into my toolkit they go! (The section of the pliers that I'm guessing are the "b-i t s" remind me of the notches and crimpers found in wiring pliers.) The question now is: how will they help improve my tuning? What part will they play in my passing the exam? And what is a tuning slot, anyway? Annie G. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dean May [mailto:deanmay at pianorebuilders.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:58 AM > To: 'Pianotech List' > Subject: RE: Damp Chaser quality > > > >>We used to sell what we called a "pin-peg setter" > > Thanks, Roger, for making a truly quality product. I just installed a > vertical system yesterday and this latest generation is the easiest to > install ever. And it is a very reliable system. I had a customer last week > tell me to come out and look at her system because the light wasn't on. I > told her to check the power source as these things just don't break. She > assured me the circuit was working. Well it was a bad receptacle. The > circuit was working but that particular outlet wasn't. > > My favorite tool in my case is a cheap 7-in-1 screw driver from > Wal-Mart. It > only costs about $3 and I have a dozen of them around the house, > too, always > one within a short walk. It has both sizes of straight and > Phillips bits. It > also has a 1/4 nut driver, 5/16 and a 7/16 nut drivers. > > The 5/16 nut driver makes a perfect push pin setter and the soft rubber > handle makes it easy on your palm to whack it into the wood. > > It also comes in handy as a lid prop. You can get a whole variety > of lengths > out of the thing by removing the bit, pulling the sleeve partially out, or > pulling the sleeve all the way out. And putting the rubber end on bottom > against the pin block or cabinet is not going to slip. > > Dean > Dean May cell 812.239.3359 > PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 > Terre Haute IN 47802 >
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