This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I bought a pin press ($45.00) from Michael Calahan at the Dallas convention last year. It is a fine tool and well worth the price. Tom Cole Farrell wrote: > A new(?) vendor at the Nashville conference was selling tools. Two > tools. A nice looking tuning lever and a very nice looking tuning pin > extractor. I have two of the extractors from Schaff. They work - kinda > - if you lube them and if the planets are properly aligned and the > moon phase is full. They work, but not well, and I always curse them > when I use them. > > The new extractor this guy had seemed VERY nice. It appeared to be a > forged upscale clone of the cast supply-house tool. The machining was > very good. Operation appeared excellent - very smooth. I would be > surprised to find this tool binding up in its operation. > > Who was the new tool vendor anyway? (I didn't write the name down.) It > was a hyphenated last name. > > I will be buying one. Anyone want to buy a really ?nice? used > supply-house extractor? > > Terry Farrell > > > Schaff has kind of a bench mounted device that is not too > expensive. I have 2 of them mounted on a block of wood that I > clamp to the bench when I'm centerpinning. One is for extracting > the pin, and the other for pushing it back in. It's not the most > precise machining I've ever seen, but it works fine. > > dave > > __________________________________________ > David M. Porritt, RPT > Meadows School of the Arts > Southern Methodist University > Dallas, TX 75275 > > > > There are several types of centers pin extractors and > inserters on the market. > I am looking for one that is relatively cheap and can get the job > done with little effort. > Does anyone have any comments on different types of extractors > they might have tried over the years and found worthwhile buying. > George > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/81/1f/c6/3d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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