<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "> <DIV class="Section1"><P = class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><FONT size="2" = face="Courier New"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" = courier="" new""="">I finally found time to make some photos of this = tool for those who are interested...</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV = style=""><FONT size="2" face="Courier New"><SPAN = style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" courier="" = new""=""> </SPAN></FONT><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P= class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><FONT size="2" = face="Courier New"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" = courier="" new""="">The tool started life as a 3/8" plug cutter of = unknown manufacture. It just says </SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" = face="Courier New"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" = courier="" new""="">U.S.A.</SPAN></FONT><FONT size="2" = face="Courier New"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" = courier="" new""=""> 3/8" on the tool. I think it was from one of = those "Do it" places. Anyway, it proved useless as a plug cutter and sat = around next to the drill press for a few years until the day I spied it = while trying to think of a way to quickly and efficiently remove = capstans without taking the keys off the keyframe. This is how it works. = I place a damper wire set screw (I couldn't find anything that worked = better) into one of the holes in the capstan and place the tool (chucked = into my cordless drill) onto the capstan making sure the screw gets up = into the cutter slot on the side of the tool (photo #2). I then back the = capstan out, remove the screw, throw the capstan into a cup and put the = screw into the next capstan. I know this sounds clumsy and a little = involved but it goes really quickly and it really does take just 10 = minutes to remove a whole set. To insert the capstans, I just do = everything in reverse. Put the capstan with the screw inserted into the = tool, put the capstan into the hole in the key and turn it in. This = takes a little longer than turning them out because you have to be more = careful, but is still fast. I needed a spacer in the tool to keep the = tool from going too far down on the capstan and came up with the = brilliant idea of using a felt plug cut from some scrap hammer felt = (photo #1). After inserting the plug I wrap some tape around the tool = to keep the plug in place. This serves the dual purpose of spacer and = polisher. To polish, I put a small dab of Flitz on the top of every = capstan and spin the tool on the capstan at high speed (without the = little screw inserted of course) and then clean it off with a cotton = rag. It takes 10 - 15 minutes to do a whole set this = way.</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=""><FONT size="2" face="Courier = New"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" courier="" = new""=""> </SPAN></FONT><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P= class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Courier New"><SPAN = style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:" courier="" = new""="">Eric</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV><FONT size="2" face="Courier = New"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:" courier="" = new""=""> </SPAN></FONT><BR = class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><FONT size="2" = face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; = font-family:Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><BR = class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoAutoSig"><I><FONT = size="2" color="red" face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN = style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" book="" = antiqua";color:red;font-style:italic"="">Eric Wolfley, = RPT</SPAN></FONT></I></P><P class="MsoAutoSig"><I><FONT size="2" = color="red" face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN = style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" book="" = antiqua";color:red;font-style:italic"="">Supervising Piano = Technician</SPAN></FONT></I></P><P class="MsoAutoSig"><I><FONT = size="2" color="red" face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN = style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" book="" = antiqua";color:red;font-style:italic"="">College-Conservatory of = Music</SPAN></FONT></I></P><P class="MsoAutoSig"><I><FONT size="2" = color="red" face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN = style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" book="" = antiqua";color:red;font-style:italic"="">University</SPAN></FONT></I><I>= <FONT size="2" color="red" face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN = style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: " book="" = antiqua";color:red;font-style:italic"=""> of = </SPAN></FONT></I><I><FONT size="2" color="red" face="Book = Antiqua"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:" book="" = antiqua";color:red;font-style:italic"="">Cincinnati</SPAN></FONT></I></P= ><DIV><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size: = 12.0pt"> </SPAN></FONT><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV> = </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Photos at:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href="http://tinyurl.com/b46fo">http://tinyurl.com/b46fo</A></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href="http://tinyurl.com/8w2f3">http://tinyurl.com/8w2f3</A></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Direct = ptg.org URLs:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/ae/9d/92/e7/capstan= tool1.jpg">https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/ae/9d/92/e7/caps= tantool1.jpg</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/5b/61/16/f4/capstan= tool2.jpg">https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/files/attachments/5b/61/16/f4/caps= tantool2.jpg</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR = class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>=