<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff>Hey, I don't need to carry another tool= I'll hardly ever use in my kit.   I'm using my tuning= "hammer" just as the name says.   I use my= tuning "hammer" for seating strings on the bridge, occasionally= tapping a tuning pin in a little bit, I've used it to loosen a= lyre...many times...are you beginning to "wig out" yet,= Joe?   You should see the top of my tuning= "hammer".   It's got dents and is sort of= deformed...it's great!   How you feeling= Joe?   <BR><BR>David Ilvedson, <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: Joe Garrett= <JOEGARRETT@EARTHLINK.NET><BR>To: pianotech= <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:49:59= -0800<BR>Subject: Removing broken aggraffes<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Ilvedson said:= "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Then with a vice-grip= attached, turn counter-clockwise while tapping on the= screwdriver head with your tuning hammer.   You will= "almost" always get it out that way with little fuss!<FONT= face=Arial size=2>"</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You gots mucho gazongas to suggest= such a thing, when you know the  "cap'n" is watchin'! That= thingee is called a Tuning Wrench/Lever! It ain't no damned= "hammer"! Sheesh! Shame on you! A hammer, (the little suckeer= that fits in your combo handle), costs only a few bucks. That= Tuning Lever is a whole helluva lot more expensive! Please use= the proper tool for the job. Thankye= much.<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No Regards,<BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool= Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>