You might be able to 'spring' it, with a screw driver, the thread is loose. Seems to me I secured it in a vice, and used a thing similar, to the tool for removing oil filters, in a car. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery" <avery1 at houston.rr.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 5:54 PM Subject: Wire Canisters > Does anyone have a "trick" to unscrewing one of those wire canisters from > Mapes that haven't been opened in several years? My hands aren't that > strong. Or maybe I'm just getting old! :-D > > Avery
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