<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body style="background-position: 0px; font-size: 12pt;" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Tom  --   howinell do you reach in to the treble section , and install those felts ?? With your hand .  Carl / Winnipeg Tom Driscoll wrote: <blockquote cite="mid002e01c5163a$d41cd220$6500a8c0@hsd1.ma.comcast.net" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">At 07:10 2/18/2005, you wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Carl wrote . . . </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">slim, wood handle screw driver, which I use to insert the tuning felt. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> You use a screwdriver to push in the strip mute?? I've used a regular dinner knife, with tiny serrations for grip. It's strong, thin, and shiny . . nerver pulls the felt back out when moving </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">to </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">the next .----------------- Jim Kinnear </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">You push a metal implement towards a soundboard? For years I've used recycled upright stickers which I've sharpened. No chance of scratching and the bottom end can be used to massage down new strings. I think the Journal CD should have my drawing of same from the early '80s. Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Tools? What tools? I don' need no stinkin' tool ! Seriously , I was taught to insert the strip with out any tools. With a little practice it's really pretty easy and done with one hand. FWIW, Tom Driscoll RPT </pre> <pre wrap=""> _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>