<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">And, when used as an actual chopstick, the needle will spear foods that are otherwise difficult to eat with chopsticks. (</FONT><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">One pea at a time, of course, but it does work, in my experience.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">It's also useful for inserting traditional (glued) bridle tapes and retreiving dropped paper punchings. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com"></A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 08/29/2005 9:32:08 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Multiple uses for chopstick voicing tool</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT id=role_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV>I don't know about you, but I often get very annoyed at the clicking and clacking that abounds in pianos built in the eastern side of our planet.  Sometimes it's knuckles, sometimes jack regulation buttons;  IN uprights, it's often a glue joint at the meeting of the jack cushion and the butt leather.  There are undoubtedly other things that could be voo-doo'd into submission.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>With the reach of a chopstick voicing tool, it's really easy to reach in and poke the offending clacker, or scrape off excess glue to remove noises in these actions.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>