<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> The flat,= thin type spoon benders are the best...the Yamaha I have but it= is used with the universal handle.  When you're trying= to find that spoon you want as delicate a tool as you can= get.   I like the same style from Pianotek...can't= find the catalog #...not the Japanese one or the one for the= universal handle.   It's farther back in the catalog= for some reason...it does not fit the universal= handle.   TIP:   having the keys out of the way and= being able to lift the wippen with one hand while using the tool= is VERY helpful.   Both hands are moving as you zero= in on the spoon.   BILL SPURLOCKS DAMPER REGULATION= ARTICLES!!!!! David I. How the heck did you bend= a spoon bending tool?   ----- Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: <<A= href="mailto:Alpha88x@aol.com">Alpha88x@aol.com</A>> To:= <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Rec= eived: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:24:35 EDT Subject: spoon= bender Greetings,=          &n= bsp;  Of these two spoon benders, which one is best and will= not bend with use:  the Yamaha ($42.60) or the APSCO= 16164($4.75), or are they both good? ( I have to replace the one= that bent, which was form Schaff, and which was neither of the= two mentioned above.) Julia Reading,= PA </BODY></HTML>