Dave I think we should pass a law limiting spinet life spans. After that it would be illegal for kids to try to play them :)......... whadda ya think? That's what we do with cars here in CA. The broke legislature pays 1000 bucks to retire gross polluters. Now really.... aren't spinets noise polluters. hey its dangerous! Dale S. Erwin www.Erwinspiano.com Jon: I’ve melted them on for manyyears and it might be just marginally faster, but it is VERY much easier on thehands! dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org[mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jon Page Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 6:12 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Melting on plastic elbows I can't remember who passed on the tip (Maybe Jon Page?) Insteadof screwing on the replacement elbows I applied a few seconds of heat from apropane bottle torch to the wire then pushed on the new plastic elbow holding it in place for a two count. Very fast and easier in the hands. 'Tweren't me. I'm a proponent of the spin technique. Clamp aViseGrip on the wire at the top of the old elbow and cut off the oldplastic with end nippers. Once the new elbow is started, rotate the VG whileholding the elbow. I can't see how holding the wire to the flame to heat ittakes less time than to spin it on AND no fumes. -- Regards, Jon Page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100924/ac15de92/attachment-0001.htm>
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