Wire Canisters

[John Ross]

You might be able to 'spring' it, with a screw driver, the thread is loose.
Seems to me I secured it in a vice, and used a thing similar, to the tool 
for removing oil filters, in a car.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Avery" <avery1 at houston.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 5:54 PM
Subject: Wire Canisters


> Does anyone have a "trick" to unscrewing one of those wire canisters from 
> Mapes that haven't been opened in several years? My hands aren't that 
> strong. Or maybe I'm just getting old! :-D
>
> Avery