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<DIV>In a message dated 6/8/2006 3:09:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, algiers_piano@bellsouth.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>and a clothes pin simply wont <BR>reach around a tenor hammer even in a spinet. I <BR>got the idea, </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>Greetings,</DIV>
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<DIV> Yes. I know what you mean. Sometimes a few of the clamp clothes pins in a package are made with smaller (thinner) pieces of wood, therefore the jaws open alittle wider...up to as much as 1/4 inch. Obviously there are no stringent tolerance practices in the clothes pin factory!...this is a plus when you need to clamp something alittle larger, also, when felts become unravelled and I glue them back on, I clamp the clothes pin right at the base of the hammer's bulb shape onto the moulding. It usually works. I carry afew larger clamps in case the clothes pin wont hold it.</DIV>
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<DIV> Thanks for the CA glue tip too, I'll try that.</DIV>
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<DIV>Julia</DIV>
<DIV>Reading, PA </DIV></BODY></HTML>