---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Julia, This came up on the CAUT list today. Might be worth looking into. A company in Canada, I believe. http://www.pianofortesupply.com/tools3.html Avery At 09:01 AM 7/23/04, you wrote: >There's a four needle voicing tool with a rotating head, twist to >tighten. It's very convenient for uprights. >Andrew >At 12:54 PM 7/22/2004 -0400, you wrote: >>Greetings, >> >> I got a really good idea! I have done about 5 hammer >> carding & needling jobs for customers who own old, old uprights and I >> take the actions home to card and do basic deeep shoulder needling. >> >> However, when I return the action to the piano, I find I >> need to custom or individually needle the hammers to tonally match/blend >> the octaves, or rather, make the side by side notes sound >> homogonous/alike next to one another, blending the sections. >> >> With the action in place, when I attemp this, my voicing >> tool's handle gets in the way and is too big to use in the small space >> between the hammers and the strings. I don't like the idea of swinging >> the action back and forth to needle, listen, needle, listen...etc. >> >> The great idea is to dismantle the voicing tool, saw off >> the 1" or so handle insert thereby having just the needle (cartridge?) >> head in hand so that I can work quickly with the upright action in >> place. Is this a good idea? >> >>Julia Gottchall, >>Reading, PA ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ec/76/08/1f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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