>It's not usually the tool that causes the sides of the wooden whippen >slots to break, but rather the spreading out of the plastic against the >sides as you cut into it. This is especially likely of the old plastic is >still somewhat "taffy-like" and not yet totally ossified and crumbling. No, it is better to nibble away at the remnants with a narrow end nipper than to crush the plastic with a narrow pliers. For insurance you could support the sides of the wippen with parallel pliers and use an end nipper. -- Regards, Jon Page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091208/3adc9007/attachment.htm>
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