<!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 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Go to a yard sale, get an electric knife, and make your own.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>If I remember correctly, you just shape the knife blades, spread them apart, and attach a length of cloth sandpaper belt. I imagine heat would have to be used to shape the blades. Grind them to length, and grind off the edge of the blade.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Of course, I have been wrong before. :-)</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Most techs have a good mechanical aptitude, so it should be do-able.</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=gaiveytx@yahoo.com href="mailto:gaiveytx@yahoo.com">george ivey</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> Friday, September 21, 2007 4:46 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> carl Meyer hammer electric shaper</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I am looking for one of the Carl Meyer piano hammer electric shapers that are no longer available thriough Mother Goose. This is the shaper that was designed using an electric knife..Does anyone know where I can get a used one cheap.</DIV> <DIV>Thanks  </DIV> <DIV>George Ivey</DIV> <DIV>Ivey Piano Service</DIV> <DIV>Sugarland, Texas</DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.iveypianoservice.com">www.iveypianoservice.com</A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>