Hi,Keith! Here is my confessional; I carry a BOLT CUTTER in my van. Had to open locks many times. Saved me and customer lost time.Locks are easy to replace,they cost $3-5. Other applications for Bolt Cutter: I carry long screws #10-#12 for Key Slip Rails and #16-#18 for Grand Legs and Lyres and with the Bolt Cutter can fit them appropriately Missing Lyre Braces can be cut to exact length a-la Yamaha or Kawai. Hope,it helps. Isaac Sadigursky,RPT Rainy Los Angeles.. On Dec 21, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Mr. Mac's wrote: > List, > > Went to tune this Cable Spinet piano (see image) in a Golden Corral > restaurant Monday morning. > > Ooops, what do I find, a hasp and a lock restricting opening the > fall board. And do I have a key … of course not. Does the restaurant > have a key … no way. It is now 9AM. > > I made a phone call and discovered I would have to leave to get one > of two keys available elsewhere in the city and get the job done > before the restaurant doors at 11AM . Didn't want to do try making > it happen, but what choice did I have. > > But wait, the lightbulb of there is another way to circumvent > making that trip for the key and accomplish the task at hand. > > I ended up tuning the piano (two passes), brushed the hammer faces > with a brass brush and cleaned the keys. Voila! > > Care to guess how this was could be? > > Sincerely, > > Keith McGavern, RPT > > <cable.jpg>
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