<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Dear Quentin! Thank you for wonderful pictures.Looks very appealing,I will look into jans catalog.If i can ask you a favor to take another picture with the keys on the tool,fronts and balance on two separate pictures,that will be great.Best Regards, Isaac</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr href="mailto:quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr">Quentin Codevelle</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 11/30/04 11:27:33 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> My old way of removing keybushings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I took some pictures of the bushing removal tool.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>These pictures are much better than the one from the catalogue.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My price list seems to say it is nearly 150$ (!!!!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My boss bought it for our workshop, but I didn't know it was so expensive.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But it works real fine.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the only negative point is that you have to use an electric hot plate with it. When we ordered it, we thought there was a water heating system integrated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For those who make lots of key bushing jobs, this tool is great.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Gregg's tool seems to be fine too, I've already thought about using this, but since we have this device, we do not have to change anymore since it is the fastest tool for changing the bushings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is exactly the same process than barbara's tool, except it is faster and it takes less space.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>