<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <STYLE> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=387015217-16122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Oh, Gloria would go nuts!  I actually widened the inside with my Dremmel on one of the and she was horrified because they're so thin...... Well one was thinner than the other, and so I just did a bit of fixing!  You're the only one who took any interest in my little problem.........  I simply pressed down on the flexible tube which had been super-glued, and the lack of flexibility in that "joint", made it break immediately when I pushed down on the flexible part.  Gloria, again, rather amazed..........    I DO know that most people are amazingly stooooopid, but come on, it doesn't take an engineering degree to think of some basic stuff.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=387015217-16122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=387015217-16122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>So, I think I'm paying a price for using cell phone.  Have they a "fix" so that one does not lose hearing with the cell??????????/</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=387015217-16122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>les</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Diane Hofstetter<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 16, 2007 1:09 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> a ltitle help/off topic<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <H1><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=2>You can get the tubes out by carefully drilling them out (slow dremel tool).  The tubes and the PVC-e glue are both softer than the acrylic, (I suppose that's what yours are made of?--clear, plastic-looking?)  Why do you have to glue them in?  Maybe you need to get larger diameter tubes, they should fit snuggly by themselves.  I replace tubes for free for my patients--is Gloria too far away for a quick stop by her office?  Usually the professional can do a better job, because all the angles and lengths can be adjusted more precisely when they are on the patient's head, making for greater comfort.</FONT></H1>Diane<BR> <H1><FONT size=2></FONT> </H1> <H1><FONT size=2>a ltitle help/off topic</FONT></H1><B>Leslie Bartlett</B> <A title="a ltitle help/off topic" href="mailto:pianotech%40ptg.org?Subject=a%20ltitle%20help/off%20topic&In-Reply-To="><U><FONT color=#0000ff>l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net </FONT></U></A><BR><I>Sat Dec 15 21:01:02 MST 2007</I> <UL> <LI>Previous message: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/2007-December/214316.html"><U><FONT color=#810081>No subject </FONT></U></A> <LI>Next message: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/2007-December/214320.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff>Check out Piano Soundboard Movements </FONT></U></A> <LI><B>Messages sorted by:</B> <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/2007-December/date.html#214319"><U><FONT color=#0000ff>[ date ]</FONT></U></A> <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/2007-December/thread.html#214319"><U><FONT color=#0000ff>[ thread ]</FONT></U></A> <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/2007-December/subject.html#214319"><U><FONT color=#0000ff>[ subject ]</FONT></U></A> <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/2007-December/author.html#214319"><U><FONT color=#0000ff>[ author ]</FONT></U></A> </LI></UL> <HR> <PRE>Is there a mild way to soften or dissolve PVC-e glue? I am using it to hold plastic tubes in the molds for my hearing aids, and need to replace tubes. The molds are about $135, and fragile, so I can't go digging madly with blunt instruments... thanks les bartlett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20071215/e97269f5/attachment.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff>https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20071215/e97269f5/attachment.html</FONT></U></A> </PRE><BR><BR>Diane Hofstetter <BR> <P><FONT size=2>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.2/1184 - Release Date: 12/14/2007 11:29 AM<BR></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>