<html> <body> Joe, I almost did this off-list since it's a little long, but thought others might be wondering the same thing. So........ At 05:01 PM 9/26/05, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> Avery Todd said: "Any piano that doesn't have the tuning pin type of glide bolts. The ones you use to bed the keyframe"   OOOOKAAAYYYY! In other words, "standard" glide bolts? </blockquote> Exactly. <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> My next question: Why in hell would you want to use a cordless screwdriver? i.e. Hex Drive? </blockquote> Not a cordless, definitely. I just was interested in finding something that had the capture thingee around the end of the screwdriver blade. <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> Not comprehending the need or purpose on this one, as "standard" glide bolts are easily accessed and turned with a short slot screwdriver. What am I missing here?</blockquote> Here's the history: I went to the Shigeru Training Academy in LA last August. When we had to start regulating our grands, I didn't have a short enough screwdriver to get in there, so Don loaned me his (gotten in Japan, I imagine). It had a capture/finder thing (I guess you would call it) on a "longish" shank with a handle but was still short enough to get in there under the pin block. It was similar to the ones that Pianotek sells for the drop screws & damper flange screws. Just shorter. You just rotate it a little and it drops down into the screw slot. Just after the trip, I'd bought one of Joe's short hex screwdrivers, thinking that might work but didn't consider that the shank wasn't long enough to get the handle above the keys, so I asked about something similar to what Terry had in LA. I described it, Joe ended up getting the measurements from Don (at my suggestion) and the rest is history. Plus, we all know how Joe is. Always got to be modifying something. :-) On the Shigerus (& maybe the others) there are also two hidden glides one has to get at from underneath the keyframe. I was given a tool for that & the other end fits the flanges when aligning hammers to strings. It's something similar to tools already sold for that but this one is specific to Kawai, I assume, although it might fit others. I haven't gotten one yet but now that Joe has gone to the trouble of doing this, I feel obligated. :-D Actually, my original thought was a longer screwdriver bit for the hex driver that would allow the handle to clear the keys but this looks like it'll work fine. Hope that clears things up for you a little. Regards, Avery Todd P.S. Something else I learned (esp. for those who service Kawais): The Kawai flange rail (below where the flanges are screwed in) has an open slot the length of the rail just the right size for you to put your fingers when pulling out the action. It's quick & safe. Feel for it the next time you service a Kawai. I don't know how long they've been this way, but they are now & it's great. Especially for voicing, when the action has to be pulled in & out so many times! <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I</blockquote></body> </html>