Susan, I thought I would leave it for someone more knowledgeable than me, but since no one has replied, I will take a stab at it. #7 sharps ? Diane Diane Hofstetter ________________________________ > Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:51:55 -0800 > From: skline at peak.org > To: caut at ptg.org > Subject: [CAUT] Chopstick tool needles? > > > Yesterday I was voicing before a concert, and for only the second time > ever I broke the tip off the needle in my chopstick voicing tool. I got > out the needle case I keep in an old pill container in my kit, which > also luckily held the tiny allen key for the chopstick, and I found > that I had exactly one needle left in there. Plus I had used it > multiple times to open clogged CA glue bottle spouts. Luckily when I > broke it in two to make it short enough, the CA came off it. > > Anyway, years ago I had some idea which needles to buy for this kind of > voicing, but now I'm drawing a blank. I've been using a fairly small > "sharps" needle. Does anyone have any hints about what size and type I > should get? I leave about 1/3 of an inch exposed. > > thanks ... > > Susan Kline > > P.S. Tuned and voiced for Jon Nakamatsu and Jon Manasse yesterday -- > what gents, what musicians! >
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