<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>And the reason is that the brass is soft, and the hole spreads, thereby making it tighter.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I wish I could explain it better.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=reggaepass@aol.com href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com">reggaepass@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> Wednesday, August 01, 2007 12:02 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: removing agraffe thread stubs</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Nor should one ever use an EZ out.  DAMHIK!<BR><BR>Alan Eder<BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_63f50dcf-8536-4c36-8aad-e9f25711788f> <DIV><BR><BR>I've never had to use an EZ out.  The "tap-a-slot" method is pretty quick, clean, and effective.<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl, RPT<BR><A href="http://dstahlpiano.net/" target=_blank></A><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <A href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000437" target=_blank><B>AOL.com</B></A>.<BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>