<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> 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!    Good--you're on your way!   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. It has nothing to do with needing an engineering degree--it has to do with not being able to stand off to the side of yourself, look at your own ears and use your hands to fit it to your own head (at least I couldn't do that to myself).  When they are fit that way--just like regulating a grand piano action in the piano--the fit is better and more comfortable.   I never glue them in, because the correct size of tube holds fine and they should be replaced as soon as they start getting brittle; in our area that means about four times a year.   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??????????   Have you had a recent audiogram?  email:  <A href="mailto:dpno2nr@yahoo.com">dpno2nr@yahoo.com</A>    Diane les <H1>a ltitle help/off topic</H1>Leslie Bartlett <A title="a ltitle help/off topic" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org?Subject=a ltitle help/off topic&In-Reply-To=">l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net </A> Sat Dec 15 21:01:02 MST 2007 <UL> <LI>Previous message: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/2007-December/214316.html" target=_blank>No subject </A> <LI>Next message: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/2007-December/214320.html" target=_blank>Check out Piano Soundboard Movements </A> <LI>Messages sorted by: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/2007-December/date.html#214319" target=_blank>[ date ]</A> <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/2007-December/thread.html#214319" target=_blank>[ thread ]</A> <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/2007-December/subject.html#214319" target=_blank>[ subject ]</A> <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/2007-December/author.html#214319" target=_blank>[ author ]</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 </PRE></body> </html>