The Right Tool for the Right Job Revisited

[David Love]

I use a pair of swan bill pliers (flat needle nose pliers) with the tip
ground to a flat point to be able to insert more easily between the wire
and the pin.  This will work not only to pry it out, but you can grab the
wire and uncoil it off the pin in the same motion.  It is also useful to
reposition a coiled wire back onto the pin.

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Bill  Maxim <wmaxim@sc.rr.com>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 7/27/2003 9:34:50 AM
> Subject: The Right Tool for the Right Job Revisited
>
> Pray tell, what is the right tool for prying the coiled string loose from
> the becket hole?  Since I don't have a dedicated becket release tool...
>
> And since a screwdriver is made for twisting rather than prying, what is
> wrong with twisting a screwdriver in the slot that is formed between the
> paint can and the cover?
>
> Bill Maxim, RPT
>
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