In a message dated 11/6/2010 8:29:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time, davidskolnik at optonline.net writes: As for using the off-set Renner pliers for the balance rail, it's perhaps not such a good idea, for two reasons: First, the maximum closure of the jaws will often not be enough to compress the thin wall of the key button. That's truly new to me. The pair I have have never failed in the straight key buttons to close sufficiently to get enough pressure. Actually, since they don't close entirely, its a failsafe for my not-so-calibrated hands! Second, the key buttons are often off-set. The jaws of the Renner pliers can't compensate for the angle, the way an easing plier with a pivoting jaw can. This doesn't mean you couldn't still ease the balance bushings with keys in-place, but you'd want to pull the frame out enough to use the other tool. Here you are absolutely and totally 100% right, and I don't use the off-set plier on the angled buttons, but rather the pivot-plate plier. Actually, I rarely run into instances where the balance rail needs a lot of work anyway, except after rebushing, or sometimes in the Spring here in Chicago when the humidity soars. Nice to hear from you. Paul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101107/b048f2dc/attachment.htm>
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