Kilgour2@aol.com wrote: > > Dear list, > I didn't see mention of a tool that I use for making perfect coils on pins in > the piano. It is made by Kai Okada of Chicago. He has a host of interesting > tools for visually impaired technicians. This tool has a cylinder that fits > over the pin. A slot in the cylinder catches the wire where it goes into the > pin. And it is held still while another cylinder with a tuning pin on the top > is turned by your tuning hammer or a T-hammer. It winds the wire into a > perfect coil with a sharp becket. I am a woman who had never used any tool > but a screwdriver and a hammer (and those very seldom) for the first fifty > years of my life, and this tool gave me the confidence to replace broken > strings and do restringing that I would never have dared to do otherwise. I > recommend it highly. > > Martha Kilgour Martha, do you have an address or phone number for these people? Or did you buy it through a distributor? Thanks, Warren -- Home of The Humor List Warren D. Fisher fish@communique.net Registered Piano Technician Piano Technicians Guild New Orleans Chapter 701
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