Thanks for the compliment. That means a lot, especially coming from you, the author of the Journal article. As soon as I have a brochure completed, I will send you a hand full -- thanks so much! My name is Don Bee, Jr. I've been a mechanical engineer for the 20+ years and have taken up the piano technician's trade over the last few years. You may know my father, he was our local chapter's chair for the Chicago convention. I have a number of other tools in the design phase and am looking forward to releasing them soon, as well. Best Regards, Don > Nice looking tool, maybe I will not have to keep that long chain on > mine, at conventions now. Get me some brochures and I will hand them out > at my damper classes. > > Who are you? > > Regards Roger > > > > > At 08:44 PM 9/14/2003 +0000, you wrote: > >After approximately two years of design and development work, Allegro Piano > >Tools announces that the first shipment of its new underleaver lead swaging > >pliers has arrived and is available for purchase. > > > >In the June, 2001 edition of the Piano Technicians Journal, a version of this > >tool was presented and praised for its time-saving attributes in securing > >loose > >damper underleaver lead weights ("Underleaver Lead Crimping Pliers," p. 31). > >The article explained that the tool was not available for purchase, but could > >be made by procuring a pair of electric shank bending pliers and machining > >those pliers for the new application. > > > >In response, Allegro Piano Tools created this new set of pliers to perform > >the > >same repair by combining traditional, drop forged, extension plier handgrips > >with a pair of precision machined, premium tool steel jaws. Each jaw is > >designed and manufactured to fit between any two underleavers, around and > >behind underleaver flanges, and ultimately cinch up loose lead weights on > >single, double, and triple weighted underleavers. All of this can be > >accomplished without removal of the back action. > > > >The purchase price of one set of underleaver lead swaging pliers is $145.00, > >plus shipping and applicable taxes. For more information, please call > >847-781- > >8082 or email allegro88@comcast.net. You may also visit > >http://allegro88.home.comcast.net on the web. > > > >A limited number of pliers are presently in stock, so don't delay if you > >foresee a quickly approaching need for this tool. > > > >Photographs are attached. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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