where do the broken needles go?

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Don,
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Joe Goss

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> From: Don <drose@dlcwest.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: where do the broken needles go?
> Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 9:06 PM
> 
> Hi 
> 
> I tend to do little voicing--but a tip I learned is to take the temper
from
> the needles by putting them into a flame from a lighter for a few
seconds.
> This makes them far less brittle.
> 
> At 05:16 PM 9/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >>Just for curiosity, when you are voicing and a needle breaks, what do
> some of
> >>you do with the broken needles? The ones that stick in the hammers I
pull
> out
> >>and throw away. But sometimes they break and fall into the action. Do
> some of
> >>you pull an action appart to find it, or do you just leave the pieces
where
> >>they fall?
> >>
> >>Willem Blees
> >>
> >
> >Wim,
> >
> >I must be doing something wrong. I don't break that many needles, and
can't
> >think of a time when I had to go digging for the piece. Maybe you should
> >skip that second cup of coffee if you are doing heavy voicing in the
morning.
> >
> > Ron 
> >
> >
> >
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
> "Tuner for the Centre of the Arts"
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