<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I protect the rail (with a piece of = aluminum stock or wood),  grab the pin with the dykes and then use a pair of = large O-ring type pliers (they open when you squeeze) to pry the pins = out. Very quick but can get sore in the hands!  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Romano</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Coastal Carolina = University</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Conway, = SC       </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fssturm@unm.edu = href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 20, 2002 = 4:37 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re:Pulling key pins, = was key bushings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Yep, exactly! Using the dikes, with small increments of = pry (you could yank a pin <BR>out with one pry, but it would create a = larger arc), you really don't enlarge the <BR>hole enough to notice. I looked at = that new tool and figured I could do without it. <BR>Of course, if you've got = to have the latest . . . I do think dikes and a fulcrum is <BR>easier and = faster and less problematic than vice grips and hammer, too.<BR>Merry Christmas! = I'm out of the U till January.<BR>Fred<BR>Quoting Jeff Tanner <<A = href="mailto:jtanner@mozart.sc.edu">jtanner@mozart.sc.edu</A>>:<BR><= BR>> >Hi Jeff,<BR>> >It's the Sterner Pin Puller from Pianotek, = priced at $239.00<BR>> ><BR>> >Respectfully,<BR>> >Jon<BR>> = ><BR>> <BR>> Oh!<BR>> <BR>> Well then, Fred's "dikes = and dowel" method will do just fine!<BR>> <BR>> Hope you all have a = wonderful Holiday Season!<BR>> <BR>> Now, to figure out to unsub for the break.....<BR>> <BR>> Jeff<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> caut list = info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org/mail= man/listinfo/caut</A><BR>> <BR>_______________________________________________<BR>caut list info: = <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org/mail= man/listinfo/caut</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>