Return spring removal

[Ron Nossaman]

>Is the any trick to removing the remains of the stubborn ones? Prying in 
>the slot with a knife blade was not successful. I had to stop for the day 
>to go do my tunings.

Joe G's tool is a good idea. I've used a very thin bladed screwdriver to 
good effect. The idea is something narrow enough to go into the kerf, with 
a flat side to lever the wire out.


>Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I find irony that in twenty years 
>I have never had to do this :-)

Braggart! Can't say that anymore.

Ron N