Loose damper lead weights

[Roger Jolly]

Nice looking tool,  maybe I will not have to keep that long chain on 
mine,  at conventions now.  Get me some brochures and I will hand them out 
at my damper classes.

Who are you?

Regards Roger




At 08:44 PM 9/14/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>After approximately two years of design and development work, Allegro Piano
>Tools announces that the first shipment of its new underleaver lead swaging
>pliers has arrived and is available for purchase.
>
>In the June, 2001 edition of the Piano Technicians Journal, a version of this
>tool was presented and praised for its time-saving attributes in securing 
>loose
>damper underleaver lead weights ("Underleaver Lead Crimping Pliers," p. 31).
>The article explained that the tool was not available for purchase, but could
>be made by procuring a pair of electric shank bending pliers and machining
>those pliers for the new application.
>
>In response, Allegro Piano Tools created this new set of pliers to perform 
>the
>same repair by combining traditional, drop forged, extension plier handgrips
>with a pair of precision machined, premium tool steel jaws.  Each jaw is
>designed and manufactured to fit between any two underleavers, around and
>behind underleaver flanges, and ultimately cinch up loose lead weights on
>single, double, and triple weighted underleavers.  All of this can be
>accomplished without removal of the back action.
>
>The purchase price of one set of underleaver lead swaging pliers is $145.00,
>plus shipping and applicable taxes.  For more information, please call 
>847-781-
>8082 or email allegro88@comcast.net. You may also visit
>http://allegro88.home.comcast.net on the web.
>
>A limited number of pliers are presently in stock, so don't delay if you
>foresee a quickly approaching need for this tool.
>
>Photographs are attached.
>
>
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