<HTML style="FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif; FONT-SIZE: x-small"><HEAD> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19328"></HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV> <DIV>I've never met a tool I didn't want to modify!<G> (Will Rogers?<G>)</DIV> <DIV>Joe</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ajoyfulsound@gmail.com href="mailto:ajoyfulsound@gmail.com">Laura Olsen</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>;<A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 10/17/2012 1:32:46 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Removing bushings - Organ Pallet Rods/Skewers or???</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>I use them only for the occasional bushing that's "fallen and can't get out".  I do a lot of bushings and tweezers usually work fine, of course I might have an old pair of bent nose hemostats left over from the 60's...... <DIV>Thanks for the tip on how to tweak 'em.  No tool is right until it's tweaked IMHO.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV apple-content-edited="true"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV>Laura Olsen,RPT</DIV> <DIV>847-277-0778</DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.ajoyfulsoundinc.com">www.ajoyfulsoundinc.com</A></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></SPAN><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Oct 17, 2012, at 2:49 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV>Laura said: <BR>"There are some skewers that are slightly smaller than the average,<BR>american balance rail pin. These come in very handy for pushing old<BR>bushings out that fall in while your trying to remove them!"<BR><BR>Laura,<BR>Try a pair of Bent Nose Hemostats, Medium size or the Small size, if that's<BR>all you can find. Neat thing about those is they can remain on you<BR>fingers/hand, while doing other chores and can lock if needed or not. grind<BR>one "notch" off and you'll have to really bear down to get them to lock.<BR>All other methods, when taking key bushings out, fall short, for<BR>efficiency, imo.<BR>Best,<BR>Joe<BR><BR><BR>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain of the Tool Police<BR>Squares R I<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>