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<DIV><FONT size=2>Pins are not the same as needles. Neither as =
sharp nor
as hard. I generally use #6 sharps (there are different types of =
needles)
and I get them from the supply houses. There might be cheaper =
places to
get them but I don't really go through that many to worry about
it. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=Pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> October 23, 2001 4:55 =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> pins and needles</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>List =
<BR><BR>Now that I
am taking care of university pianos, I am doing a lot more voicing. =
More
voicing means more needles. So I went to the local fabric store =
looking for
<BR>#17 needles, which is what I have been told is the right size for =
voicing.
I found some, but they wanted $2.50 for 12 needles. As I was looking =
around, I
found a box of 100 #17 straight pins for the same amount of money. =
Being the
cheap skate that I am, it was a no brainer to pick the box of pins =
over the
dozen needles. <BR><BR>But now I might have thrown away $2.50. (I took =
fifteen
minutes to cut the heads off all of them, so I can't even give them to =
my wife
to use in her sewing kit.) It seems that #17 pins are not the same =
thing as
#17 needles. The first time I used the pins, they bent when I tried =
pushing
them into the hammer felt. At first I thought I was doing something =
wrong, but
every time I put in new pins, they would bend with just one or two =
jabs.
<BR><BR>Tomorrow I'll go back and buy the needles. So much for saving =
a few
bucks. Any one with the know how why the pins bent so easily? I =
thought #17 is
#17, like wire, regardless of whether it is a pin or a needle. But I =
guess
there must be something more to it than that. <BR><BR>Wim
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