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<font size=3>At 12:27 PM 12/21/2001 -0500, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Jon, would you mind an explanation on the
"fish-tail" tool used to <br>
remove the agraffe as you suggested here. I hadn't heard of this
<br>
tool yet and is it available from a tool supplier such as Schraff?<br>
Thanks, Gordon Holley, Goshen, IN</font></blockquote><br>
This tool was described a few years back on this list for removing the
stud of a broken agraffe.<br>
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You can make it out of a small screw driver. Sharpen the
blade and file a 'v' up into the blade.<br>
The tool would look something like this:
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The pointed ends could then be lightly tapped into the soft brass and the
stud turn out. It is<br>
easier than an Easy-out because there is less chance to expand the stud
in the hole.<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
Jon Page, piano technician<br>
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<br>
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