Jim and List, Thanks for verbalizing this technique. I was exposed to it several years ago and use it fairly frequently. I have no idea how widespread this idea is. Without overstating the obvious, I wonder if it is worth posting in TT&T (I'm always looking!) More interestingly, I wonder if there are other simple, handy techniques that other technicians use when collecting diagnostic information about the soundboard variable? Ideas? Happy Thanksgiving to all, John Parham, RPT Hickory, NC > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [pianotech] re. Small vise grips for mass loading > From: jimialeggio <jimialeggio at gmail.com> > Date: Tue, November 23, 2010 1:53 pm > To: joegarrett at earthlink.net, pianotech at ptg.org > > > > > > I can see these CHEAP knock-offs being used for the mass loading > > thingee or perhaps holding the clutch linkage of your 1958 > > International Truck, but to use those pieces of junk for anything else > > would be a real travesty. > > > True...complete agreement...however,it just aint worth a serious tool > investment to have a number of duplicate expensive single purpose grips > sitting unused in the toolbox most of their lives. Sometime junk has it > uses. These are junk, but in this case I think junk is just fine...one > just needs to keep their expectations appropriately low. > > Jim I > > > > -- > Jim Ialeggio > grandpianosolutions.com > 978- 425-9026 > Shirley, MA
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