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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Use tweezers!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seriously -- the ones I use =
have very slender
bent tips, originally designed to pick up itty bitty little pieces of =
hot silver
solder in jewellery making. If any piano person asks why the heat =
shields
on the handles, they're told it is for when the punchings get too
hot.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The tweezers commonly sold in hardware =
stores or
supply houses with the big blunt rounded tips are so clumsy by
comparison.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Z! Reinhardt RPT<BR>Ann =
Arbor MI<BR><A
href="mailto:diskladame@provide.net">diskladame@provide.net</A></FONT><=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM =
href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=Pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech@ptg.org</A> ; <A =
title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 20, =
2002 12:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> getting =
punch(y)ings</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Over the =
years I have
tried a number of different ways of holding punchings while leveling =
keys. I
keep them in a compartment box, (you know, the kind with about 24 1" =
share
cubicles). But to get one out has always been a challenge. When =
I reach
my fingers in the cubicle, I wind up picking up three or four of them. =
The
thick punching aren't too bad, but those thin ones are a struggle. =
I've put
them in the palm of my hand, and I've laid them on a flat surface. But =
I still
have difficulty picking up just one punching, unless I wet my finger. =
And when
you're leveling keys, your fingers have a tendency to get dirty, so =
that isn't
too sanitary. <BR><BR>So, what are some of you doing? Any tricks any =
one is
willing to pass along to make leveling keys easier and more sanitary.
<BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>