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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hi JOe,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>do thse Sole tips work with the Schaff #21 hammer, and how are they different than the tips shcaff sells? Also, what degree angle is best 15 or 5 for the head? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>ps. Did I tell you that I've seen one of the levers you make with the ball on the end. I was up in Madison getting some tutoring from an RPT who knows you, Bill Bremmer, and he has one of your levers, a really neat one I must say.</FONT></DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com> <BR><BR>> Hi Don, <BR>> We carry #2 and #3 "sole" tips <BR>> Joe Goss RPT <BR>> Mother Goose Tools <BR>> imatunr@srvinet.com <BR>> www.mothergoosetools.com <BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "Don Price" <DCP3@TWOL.COM><BR>> To: "PTG LIST" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 3:40 PM <BR>> Subject: tips <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > List - I've used the Hale hammer (lever), heads and tips for umpteen <BR>> > years. Needing to replace a couple of tips and since Hale is not longer <BR>> > in business, I ordered from Schaff. The Schaff tips fit the threads on <BR>> > the hammer O.K., but the tip doesn't fit the pins as well as the Hale <BR>> > tips did. The Schaff tip seems to fit well on the pin at the very end <BR>> > of the tip, but there seems an extreme amount in and out play (on an <BR>> > upright) on the end of the hammer. On a twelve inch hammer length, the <BR>> > end of the hammer will move in/out 1 1/2 to 2 inches. The Hale tips <BR>> > let the hammer end move less than 1/2 inch. <BR>> > <BR>> > Do any of you have a recommendation for another place to find tips which <BR>> > provide a better fit with the pin? <BR>> > <BR>> > Thanks. <BR>> > <BR>> > Don <BR>> > <BR>> > _______________________________________________ <BR>> > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>