<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Yes, Marshall</div><div>I routinely leave the action in for this job. The vacuum is right next to me. Cross legged on the floor works for me but I'm probably shorter than you. </div><div><br></div><div>Have you ever broken a wippen with your "crunch" technique?  Some don't crunch so well. The soldering iron beats having to replace/repair the wippen and loose the advantage of not pulling the action. I can install and get the lost motion set in one trip, under 3 hours. </div><div><br></div><div>Laura<br><br>On Nov 22, 2012, at 11:23 AM, Marshall Gisondi <<a href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">pianotune05@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div> <style></style> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="3" face="Arial">HI Everyone,</font><br><font size="3" face="Arial">Wnen it comes to elbows, I've never heard of using a heat source.  I just take plyers and crunch crunch crunch :-)  At the school we were taought to take a vice grip and place it on the lifter wire on the point where the original elbow was so we knew how far to screw on the replacement plastic ones if we used them.  I have and they do well.  I know some believe in the wood ones which are harder to install.  Like one tech told me out here, the plastic replacemetns will out live me and the customer.   Have any of you done an elbow job in the customers home without taking the action out?</font><br><font size="3" face="Arial">Marshall</font><br><font size="3" face="Arial">215-510-9400</font><br> </div> </div></blockquote></body></html>