It's been a long time since I've done the plastic elbow thing, but I always heated them on. I'd heat the end of the wire with a propane torch then insert it in the elbow, hold it 5 seconds and put it on the table so it will finish setting straight. It's a little faster than screwing them on, and very much easier on the hands, wrists, arms etc. dave __________________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 dporritt@mail.smu.edu ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Jon Page <jonpage@comcast.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:04:36 -0500 Subject: Replacing plastic elbows <outside> >Marking the wires seems like an extra step since you have to grip the wires >with some sort of pliers to install the new elbow anyway. >Regards, >Jon Page, piano technician >Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. >mailto:jonpage@comcast.net >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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