[pianotech] Mystery tool

David Nereson da88ve at gmail.com
Thu Nov 15 18:35:14 MST 2012


CF is the model letter of the 9-ft. concert grand, for which they
originally developed the tool, although it will work on any keys.
"Rollers" is a factory term for knuckles, like "fly" instead of 'jack.'
   --David Nereson, RPT

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 12:36 PM, William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net> wrote:

> Paul,
>
> The CF tool is a double ended tool with a large wooden barrel/handle in
> the middle.  One end is for easing front rail bushings (a brass, tapered
> wedge) and the other end is for easing the balance rail hole from the top
> (another, much smaller, brass tapered wedge).
>
> William R. Monroe
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Paul Mulik <paulmulik at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I've been reviewing Yamaha's Little Red Schoolhouse material and I've
>> noticed they sometimes use non-standard terms, for example, calling
>> knuckles "rollers." One that has me stumped is their reference to a "CF
>> tool." What is that?
>>
>> Paul Mulik
>> Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerry® smartphone
>
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