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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Don't try to get your finger in the action to loosen a
hammer screw. You can hear the screw if you probe with your
tool.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>As far as the whipen, get the whipen in one hand and put
your thumb on the heal of the jack. With your other hand, lift the end of
the action enough to get the whipen in close and you can screw it in place from
there.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>William</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pianotune05@hotmail.com
href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">Marshall Gisondi</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> Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:32
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] other action
fixes</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Hi Everyone who
responded,</FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>I'll contact Pianotech and look
into repinning. I need to get CA glue as well. I saw a tech use CA
glue on a cracked birds eye and then put that strong mailing U-Haul tape on
the birds eye to reinforce it. This was a couple of years ago. I was in
a jam didn't have repinning tools on hand and he came out on a Saturday to a
nursing home to help me, a great guy. I wish we'd see more of each
other. He's helped me several times. I did take him to lunch that
day and offered on the other occasion too but he had another appointment going
on. it's always great to have help when you're in a jam or need other
options even if you have an idea as to what to do , but are curious if there's
just another way to do things. </FONT><BR><FONT size=3
face=Arial></FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Another thing I was
curious about is this. Have you ever come across a hammer that rubs its
neighbor in a spinet or console, but found loosening and retightening the
flange screw to prove futile? I've tried loosening the hammer butt
flange screw and holding the flange in a different position only to have it
tighten up in the wrong position again on past occasions. So
today, I didn't have my hammer shank bender to heat the shank with so I
tried sanding the sides of the hammer namely the shulder that was rubbing the
other hammer. It seemed to help. It worked in the past, but how do you guys
feel about using the shank heating method or sanding hammers? Also how on
earth does one get in between the stickers on the spinet actions to access the
hammer but flange screws without hurting the stickers. My fingers cannot
fit between them either. It's quite a narrow space between two
stickers. I assume when you guys take out wippens and such in a
customers home, you have an action cradel handy? I guess I need to
figure out a way to carry more tools like this even if I'm taking public
transit. So if you can recommend a tool box that's larger than this
Stanley one the school gave us, but not so huge it won't fit on a bus or
train, I'm all ears. Wheels would be great too as my back is aging
faster than the rest of me lol Well thanks again. </FONT><BR><FONT
size=3 face=Arial>Marshall<BR><BR id=ecxFontBreak></FONT><BR><BR><EM><FONT
size=3 face=Arial>Marshall Gisondi</FONT></EM><BR><EM><FONT size=3
face=Arial>MARSHALL'S PIANO SERVICE</FONT></EM><BR><EM><FONT size=3
face=Arial>215-510-9400</FONT></EM><BR><EM><FONT size=3 face=Arial><A
href="http://www.phillytuner.com" target=_blank>http://www.phillytuner.com</A>
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