Wire Canisters

[justpianos at our.net.au]

About 6 years ago I bought enough canisters to cover my requirements for
wire coils I had previously bought. I could open all but one. I tried hot,
cold, vice, lubrication, all to no avail, until recently, when it just
"gave" one day.
Keep trying.
Bruce Browning
The Piano Tuner.




> 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
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> Avery
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