<!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 6.00.6000.17102" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you do any level of rebuilding or extensive repairs....the compressor is essential. The nail gun ( assuming that's what you were referring to), is not...unless of course you are building jigs to speeding up the assembly process.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pneumatic tools are extremely nice to work with. Plus they last dramatically longer than most electric driven tools which makes them more cost efficient.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The most useful pneumatic tools are the sanders, grinders, palm nailers( for driving tuning pins), and pressured air to clear dust and debris.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Servinsky</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=David@piano.plus.com href="mailto:David@piano.plus.com">David Boyce</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> Monday, September 05, 2011 6:12 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] Compressor and gun?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Arial>How useful do you find it, for piano wiork, to have an air compressor and gun, and what tasks do you use it for?<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR>David.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>