I actually got into making these a few years ago. I bought a whole bunch of cue balls, and using 7/16" Steel rod stock, I drilled out the cue ball and epoxied the rod into it, after I had tapped the other end of it with a 18/24 NPR tap. I made over a dozen of these, and gave everyone at the Christmas party one. I got a lot of people saying how much they liked using them, especially on tough pianos like Baldwin. BTW, I also coated the shafts with heat-shrink tubing to prevent marring the paint on the plate if I got too close to it. Kevin E. Ramsey ramsey@extremezone.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 10:28 PM Subject: Re: Tuning Lever Ball > >Just a thought - if you are interested in something a bit different. You may > >want to take a quick look down at your local automotive supply store, or > >high-performance speed shop, and look at their gear shifter knobs. Small cue > >balls, 8 balls, wooden balls, x-rated objects (wouldn't that open an eye or > >two at your next church tuning!), etc. The threads might even be of use! > > > >Terry Farrell > > > I'm currently using a hammer I made from 1/2" steel rod and an old track > ball. I like it a bunch! (It's all Kent Swafford's fault) Then there's the > rack of pool balls I bought cheap at a garage sale last year for back ups. > Seems I'm set for life. > > > Ron N >
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