[pianotech] pliers for wire work

[Tom Driscoll]

Ron,
 Jude Reveley recommended these pliers at a chapter meeting for grand damper 
regulation and I'm using them for many other tasks as well.
  Looks like a newer version of what you've posted.
and reasonably priced as well.
 Tom D.
http://www.all-spec.com/products/CL738.html?gclid=CMuo54r867ICFUui4AodgxEAoQ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 2:02 AM
Subject: [pianotech] pliers for wire work


>
> To whom,
> Recently, I mentioned finding my favorite pliers in a piano a couple of
> years after losing them. For those who haven't yet discovered chain nose
> pliers, I thought I'd post a couple of photos. The big Channellocks are
> the ones I carry, though the small pair would do as well. Not that long
> ago, I finally figured out that a notch in the jaw shown in the closeup
> would make them a lot easier to use. Duh. Makes hitting the hole with
> the becket way easier. Duh.......... The best tool I ever found for
> applying brute force to small objects in close quarters. With this tool,
> a side cutter, and a small Vise-Grip for tying knots, I can do pretty
> much anything I need to do with music wire in the field.
>
> I've never found a use for round nose pliers (or never found a pair that
> was usable), and needle nose are too springy and insubstantial out on
> the end of the jaws where you need them strong. Chain nose is the cure,
> at least in my tool box.
>
> Just in case it might be useful to someone.
> Ron N
> 
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