<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seems a good idea Warren, so long as = they're not screwed into the tail end of the key! Another device would be the hammer = shank extractor with one of those thumb-screws (or butterfly, = or...)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fishwar@bellsouth.net = href="mailto:fishwar@bellsouth.net">Warren Fisher</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 23, 2005 = 10:08 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Bachcheck = Remover</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV>It's been awhile since I changed any backchecks. In the process = of figuring out how I would do it I stumbled on to this method. A scrap = of 3/4 inch plywood sitting on the lift felts and a small prybar pulls it = straight out of the hole.  A bit of serendipity is that the prybar = pressing on the plywood holds the end of the key down so it doesn't move.</DIV> <DIV>Anybody else do it this way?</DIV> <DIV>Warren</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 = src="cid:035f01c5947e$829f5f40$f1154054@MICHAEL" align=left border=0></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Warren Fisher- Navy Retired - Slidell, Louisiana </DIV> <DIV>98 2500 Dodge Cummins TD, DTT Auto, Smart Controller, E-Brake, = ATF, EGT, and Boost gauges, Mag Hytec tranny and differential pans, Aux. tranny = cooler, 4" exhaust, monster air filter, engine 125 hp upgrade.</DIV> <DIV>02 Titanium fiver 28E33, aerodynamic front end, 2-120W solr = panls, Friendship 2000 invrtr, </DIV> <DIV>four Lifeline absorbed glass mat battries, Honda 5000 = genset</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>