<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As far as getting a needle into a = dremel, you have to buy a smaller collet, which is a minimal expense.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</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=kpiano@goldrush.com = href="mailto:kpiano@goldrush.com">Keith Roberts</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, March 13, 2004 = 8:12 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Nine foot maybe</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>How did Ed figure getting the = needle in the dremmel? Don't laugh. I may need something like that. About = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>5mm is all you can push a needle = in. If I drive three </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2> needles 6mm in, I need a pry = bar to get them out without breaking the hammer. I am going to go with the Jolly = method and try to run a center stitch with a single # 12 needle. Push it = all the way to wood then hope I can get it out. Then I think I would = critically wound any hard spots in the hammers but in this case that is the whole = hammer.  Voicing may be real easy because needling might be fruitless. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Anybody know any other ways to = attack these hammers?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Any slick ways of getting a broken = needle out of a hammer?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2>Keith Roberts</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>