Greg, Thanks for the link, and thanks to everyone who offered suggestions on needles, cloth, and yarn. Yes, that looks like exactly what I was looking for. I've ordered a 10-pack for $1.99 of 2-pronged lacing needle part #119000. If the results are either exceptionally good, or exceptionally bad, I'll let y'all know. Mike Spalding RPT ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 11:36 PM Subject: Re: needle for bolstering knuckles?? > What you describe here sounds suspiciously like a needle used by leather workers > to pull the stitching though the edges of wallets or purses or whatever they hold > together with leather stitching these days. I would try Tandy Leather at > http://www.tandyleather.com/products.asp?dept=165 . This should be the page for > needles and they do have a two pronged end into which you place leather stitching > or lacing. I suppose you could use felt, though I've not tried it. I actually thought of it > once but never did. You would probably want to glue harden the end before you put > it in the needle. Hope this helps. > > Greg Newell > > On 16 Jul 2002 at 21:33, Mike and Jane Spalding wrote: > > > List, > > > > I recently discovered that by bolstering the knuckles on a well-worn > > grand action, I can avoid all that capstain turning and let-off rail > > raising that I hate to do! I've been using a modified darning needle > > to pull a 2mm wide strip of bushing cloth through the knuckles. The > > foldover at the eye is very difficult to pull through, and it > > stretches the buckskin more than I'd like. In Chicago, one of the > > instructors (if I could remember who, I would contact him > > individually) described a flat needle with some kind of clip to grip > > the end of the action cloth, that he uses for knuckle bolstering. He > > called it a glovers needle, and said the supply houses carry them. > > Well, the supply house glovers needles are triangular cross-section > > voicing needles, aren't they? So does anyone know what this flat > > needle is really called, and where I can get one? > > > > thanks, > > > > Mike Spalding, RPT > > > > > > >
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC