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<DIV><SPAN class=860220620-19102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Actually, I've had the same problem. I ordered mine from Schaff =
for the
comb-handle. Not pleased. I guess you get what you pay =
for!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Alpha88x@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 19, 2004 3:02
PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: spoon
bender<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 =
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size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">In a message dated =
10/18/2004 4:46:17 PM
Eastern Daylight Time, ilvey@sbcglobal.net writes:<BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">How the heck did you bend a spoon bending tool?
</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Greetings,
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;
Well... I think that the very first piano I used it on, had really =
hard
spoons, which may have initially weakened the tool early in it's
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life.<BR><BR> =
After that....it sort of got gradually weaker. The spoons in 100+ year =
old
pianos seem very hard, for some reason. I think the integrity of =
the
tool was further compromised with each sucessive old piano with hard =
spoons
that I worked on.
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;
One day, I went to bend spoons, I could feel something bending =
(satisfying
feeling to think you're adjusting/correcting) but when I removed the =
tool and
checked the amount of ...damper lift etc...I noticed no change in =
adjustment.
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;
The bender wasn't doing it's job AT ALL, even though I had the thing =
right at
the base of the spoon! Then, I puzzlingly, looked at the =
tool and
to my dismay, noticed that IT was bent. (Can you just picture
this?...whenever I look like this, my sister asks, "Did you do another =
Lucy
Ricardo") How un-nerving that was. I felt so out of
control.<BR> <BR>Julia, <BR>Reading,
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PA  =
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