[pianotech] German Loop Tools

[Joseph Garrett]

Bruce,
I have a "Murphy's Laws" poster. On it is one saying: "interchangeable
parts won't". I give you another: "Combination tools usually don't work as
well as each Specific Tool!"
 Personally, I wouldn't want to be cobbling up my expensive Tuning Hammer
for such nonesense.<G>
That's my take on that.
Joe


> [Original Message]
> From: Bruce Browning <justpianos at gmail.com>
> To: <joegarrett at earthlink.net>; <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 1/4/2013 5:10:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] German Loop Tools
>
> List,
> I've thought about building one of these into the wooden handle of my
hammer.
> I've already drilled into the hammer handle, from the end, to allow
> for the insertion of a tuning pin, with appropriately placed screw to
> wind string onto pin, for restringing.
> Since you'll have the tool out, why not incorporate all features in one.
>
> On 04/01/2013, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > As promised, here's three pics of the tools needed to make consistent
nice
> > looking German Loops. In the first photo, (sent with this post), the
looper
> > block and vice grips are together. To explain a bit: The block shown has
> > the screw head too close to the hole. It should be about .075" farther
> > away. I used standard steel rod, (not drill rod).
>
> Bruce Browning
> The Piano Tuner