Looking for certain tools

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Wed, 11 Jan 2006 8:18:46 -0800


As long as they are a little bigger than the biggest capstan, they are serendipitous...;-]   

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
To: "An open list for piano technicians" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: 1/11/2006 7:57:59 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for certain tools



>> Between the two parallel faces, instead of a curve, there are two, 
>> shorter angled faces, that fit those angles on the capstan as you push 
>> in.  It's still open, not a box wrench.
>> 
>> --Cy--

>Cy,
>The angled faces in the bottom of the throat don't do anything 
>mechanically. It's the parallel faces that do the work. Those old 
>hexagonal Steinway capstans, like the plate perimeter bolts, are all 
>over the map in size, so your wrench will need to be "serendipity" 
>sized to fit.
>Ron N
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