Can anyone provide a picture of these wonderful cutters? I don't see them in the catalogue. Greg Newell At 09:23 AM 3/29/2006, you wrote: >I bought a pair a number of years ago, right after Pianotek started carrying >them. I have restrung a couple of pianos with them, and replaced an untold >number of strings, including the bottom string (C0) on our Bosendorfer >concert grand. They're still going strong. I'd buy anything Xuron makes. > >Ken Z. >-- >Ken Zahringer, RPT >Piano Technician >MU School of Music >297 Fine Arts >882-1202 >cell 489-7529 > > > > From: Jeff Olson <jlolson at cal.net> > > Reply-To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> > > Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:12:27 -0800 > > To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> > > Subject: [CAUT] "Xuron" string cutting tool recommendation > > > > Probably old hat to some of you, but I'm thrilled with a new > > string cutter I recently purchased -- the Xuron wire cutter from > > Pianotek (called "our favorite wire cutter" in the catalogue). > > > > It sold me when the cut wire didn't fly off and impale something > > or someone -- much like those renegade breaking bass strings -- > > but was held neatly in place. I was doubly sold by the ease of > > operation -- surprisingly small (I would've expected it needed > > more leverage) and requiring little effort to chop through the > > heaviest gauge bass string wires I was replacing on a small grand > > today. Heck, it was easy to cut through *two* 17 gauge wires at > > once! That definitely sent a sharp tingle through me! > > > > Also, its compactness allows easy access to those "hard to cut > > places." Women should love it for its ease of use and elegant > > style, and men for its blunt, macho, take-no-prisoners attitude > > (or vice versa, as the case may be :-). > > > > Only question remaining is durability. But this tool really has > > me turned on so far, if you can't tell. > > > > Jeff O. > > Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté mailto:gnewell at ameritech.net www.gregspianoforte.com
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