I took another look at the hair straightener. I removed the pivot pin, and installed a thinner diameter one, which has enough play in it to allow the jaws to be parallel. Whoever thought of using this, it works great. Although rather than using pliers to grasp the shank, I just use a normal removal tool. I was using a heat gun, but it was too hard to control the heat, and I wood sometimes blacken the shank. The hair straightener, since they don't want to burn hair, seems to be the right heat to soften the glue. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121028/dce92659/attachment.htm>
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