Looking for certain tools

John Ross jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:38:24 -0400


I have a pair of pliers for removing grand hammers, I got it from 
Renner.
Renner tools are a quality product.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cy Shuster" <741662027@theshusters.org>
To: "An open list for piano technicians" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:54 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for certain tools


> Renner shows pliers for uprights, but I'm looking for those for 
> grands, where the head is bored through (maybe they have them but 
> don't list them?), and one side of the pliers pushes on the top of the 
> hammershank, like this:
> http://www.lloydmeyer.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=8&idproduct=7
>
> I'll check Roseland; thanks!
>
> --Cy--
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: "An open list for piano technicians" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Looking for certain tools
>
>
>>> Does anyone know a source to buy the following?
>>>
>>> 1. Grand hammer removal pliers, to pop hammerheads off shanks (big 
>>> pliers with a cross brace, not the wing nut, screw down kind).
>>
>> Renner USA.
>>
>>> 2. Old-style S&S capstan wrenches, open-end wrenches with four flat 
>>> faces. The current ones are U-shaped, and only grip on two sides of 
>>> the capstan (and the arms are too big).
>>
>> Dunno.
>>
>>> 3. Key button stock.  Schaff and Pianotek list them, but both are 
>>> apparently backordered.
>>
>> Rick Wheeler at Roseland Piano.
>>
>> Terry Farrell
>
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