<!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 6.00.2712.300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>There was a very nice tool, I saw at a convention, for removing the = knuckles. It was called a Hart Knuckle Buster. He is the guy that = designed the spring tool. His phone # is 970-434-5558.</DIV> <DIV>It fitted in a drill press, and with the drill press turned off, it = pressed them off. The tool had a slot that tapered down, and also was sharpened = to razor sharpness. It sliced through the glue joint, then levered the knuckle = off. There was no damage to the knuckle or the shank.</DIV> <DIV>It was the best tool I have seen for this job</DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia.<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>= <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=mcpiano@globetrotter.net href="mailto:mcpiano@globetrotter.net">Marcel Carey</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> Friday, February 08, 2002 = 4:51 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Knuckle Removal = was Action too big</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=506294920-08022002><FONT face=Arial = color=#0000ff size=2>There is a special pair of pliers one can use to remove = knuckles. They look like big cutters and they work just fine. The way their blades = work is that they litterally pull the knuckle out ot it's groove. Fast and easy.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=506294920-08022002><FONT face=Arial = color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=506294920-08022002><FONT face=Arial = color=#0000ff size=2>Marcel Carey, RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=506294920-08022002><FONT face=Arial = color=#0000ff size=2>Sherbrooke, QC</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org">owner-pianotech@ptg.org</A> [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Richard Brekne<BR><B>Sent:</B> 8 février, 2002 13:06<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Knuckle Removal was Action too big<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Carl Meyer wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Hi! = Mary,  I recall a tech demonstrating a procedure for removing knuckles at a = tech session some years ago.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>I saw that demonstration too Carl. One of the reasons I am = leary of going to Chicago...grin. All that Blood... shhheshh.. Poor fellow = who was voluntered  wont be knocking on anyones doors again soon me = thinks. <BR>  <FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>He sliced through = the buckskin and felt with a razor blade, peeled the felt and buckskin = off and with a sharp small side cutting pliers cut the remaining wood at two = or three places and split it out of the slot.  I haven't actually = done this but it looked easy.  Hope that works for you.  = Practice on some old knuckles.</FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1></FONT></FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial>Shhesshhh.. and I thought I was gross... = practice on some old knuckles indeed ! :)</FONT> <FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Best</FONT></FONT> <FONT face=Arial><FONT = size=-1>Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Santa Clara, California</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT = face=Arial><FONT size=-1><A = href="mailto:cmpiano@attbi.com">cmpiano@attbi.com</A></FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1><A href="mailto:cmpiano@attbi.com"></A></FONT></FONT> BOINNGGG = --- Round two ! <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>Bergen, Norway <BR><A = href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> = <BR><A = href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broad= park.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>