Looking for a tool

[Joe And Penny Goss]

All yous gotta do is heat with a blow drier or leave um out in the sun on a
hot day.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Richmond" <piano57 at insightbb.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for a tool


> I have some.  I guess I must have gotten them from Pianotek.  They might
not
> have been perfectly straight at first, so I put them on a metal cabinet to
> regain(?) their shape.  It worked.   Before you ask, no, I can't remember
> how
> long I left them there.  :-)
>
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
> near Peoria, IL
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Formsma" <formsma at gmail.com>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 3:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Looking for a tool
>
>
> > "Should" ain't what is - at least with the strips I've used. I got
> > them from Pianotek. Perhaps the problem with mine is that they were
> > curled during shipping, and the magnetic force wasn't strong enough to
> > stick on the strings except when they were turned over. (I didn't
> > spend time wondering why...just turned 'em over so they'd work. <g> I
> > hope others have perfect strips - all's I'm saying is what happened
> > with mine.)
> >
> > JF
> >
> > On 4/25/07, Avery <avery1 at houston.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>  They're magnetic strips. They should stick one either side. I've
> >>  never had a problem with them. They're what the visually impaired
> >>  techs use to set let-off. They're also what is used to stick
> >>  magnetic signs to your vehicle. One strip is 1/16" and two together
> >>  is 1/8!
> >>
> >>  The only time you might have a problem is in the middle to lower bass.
> >>  Copper isn't magnetic.
> >>
> >>  Avery
> >>
> >>
> >>  At 09:47 PM 4/24/2007, you wrote:
> >>
> >> Mine "stick" only on one side. You might try flipping it over.
> >>
> >>  JF
> >>
> >>  On 4/24/07, Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> I never could get the stupid strips to stick to the strings....
> >>  les bartlett
> >
>