Nice looking,... as long as Rons, or a bit more, and the price is certainly right. <div>Thanks</div> <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Dale <div style="clear:both">Dale Erwin R.P.T. Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc. Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos www.Erwinspiano.com Phone: 209-577-8397 <tt><tt>     </tt></tt> </div> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message----- From: Ryan Sowers <tunerryan@gmail.com> To: joegarrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net>; pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sun, Oct 7, 2012 11:21 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] Pliers for wire work <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_4f283a9f-e7da-4e8e-864f-8789b371b7e6"> <div>I did a quick search and found this seemed to be the cheapest source of the pliers mentioned. They also carry those cool "california dusters" at a good price too! I ordered both!</div> <div> </div> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jbtoolsales.com/channellock-738-needle-nose-l-reach-plier-8/">http://www.jbtoolsales.com/channellock-738-needle-nose-l-reach-plier-8/</a> <div> </div> <div>Ryan Sowers <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Joseph Garrett <<a href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Ron N said: "To whom, Recently, I mentioned finding my favorite pliers in a piano a couple of years after losing them. For those who haven't yet discovered chain nose pliers, I thought I'd post a couple of photos. The big Channellocks are the ones I carry, though the small pair would do as well. Not that long ago, I finally figured out that a notch in the jaw shown in the closeup would make them a lot easier to use. Duh. Makes hitting the hole with the becket way easier. Duh.......... The best tool I ever found for applying brute force to small objects in close quarters. With this tool, a side cutter, and a small Vise-Grip for tying knots, I can do pretty much anything I need to do with music wire in the field. I've never found a use for round nose pliers (or never found a pair that was usable), and needle nose are too springy and insubstantial out on the end of the jaws where you need them strong. Chain nose is the cure, at least in my tool box. Just in case it might be useful to someone." Ron, Thanks for the tool use update. I've known of those pliers, but didn't realize their utility. I will defineately check them out...(i.e. get a pair for my use..gotta keep up the image.<G>). Hopefully, I'll find a good OLDE pair at a garage sale or ?? Another 'silver bullet' for the Gorilla Kit. (That thing will require a crane at this rate.<G>) Best, Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain of the Tool Police Squares R I </blockquote></div> <div> </div> -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pianova.net">www.pianova.net</a> </div> </div>  </div> </div>