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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I didn't think much of the tool. =
Not so much
the design, but the fact that mine at least was made of aluminum (or =
some soft
metal), and the gears simply wore away. If it had been constructed =
of
steel, particularly tool-grade steel, I'd still have it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A better design might be to incorporate =
compound
leverage (such as used in most music wire cutters), which should allow =
more or
less effortless removal. I'm sorely tempted to build one myself (I =
wouldn't be surprised if Bill Spurlock has designed a tool like
that).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=t.seay@mail.utexas.edu =
href="mailto:t.seay@mail.utexas.edu">Thomas
Seay</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> =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 24, =
2005 9:27
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Grand =
Hammer
Extractor</DIV>
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<DIV>Bingo! That's the one. I called and spoke to Schaff. They found =
the old
part number but weren't sure if they had one lying around =
somewhere.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Tom</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">If you have an old APSCO catalog, =
I think
he's talking about cat number 16176 on page 21.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">It is possible that Schaff may =
have some in
a bin somewhere, even if they're not in the catalog.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Jeff</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">On Thursday, February 24, 2005, at =
12:08 PM,
Wimblees@aol.com wrote:</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial =
color=#000000 size=-1>The
other kind that I carry around in my tool kit is part # 131, on =
page 43 of
the Schaff catalogue. Is that what you're looking =
for?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial =
color=#000000
size=-1>Wim</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><BR></DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>--
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<DIV>Tom Seay<BR>Piano Tech Office<BR>School of Music<BR>The =
University of
Texas at Austin<BR>(512)
232-2072<BR>mailto:t.seay@mail.utexas.edu<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></=
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