Klarinet Archive - Posting 000304.txt from 1998/09

From: Chris Felts <cfelts@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Springs
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 16:18:38 -0400

Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
> At 11:05 PM 9/6/98 -0700, Matt Palasik wrote:
> >sorry im not fmiliar with all the tool terminologies. Please tell me
> >exactly what you mean by puch. I know most srpings can be carefully
> >forced out by pushing them with needle nose pliers. BUt teel me what
> >you mean by "punch"
>
I'm not quite sure what I mean either :) I saw one in a hardware store
over the weekend, it lookes like the handle of a srcrewdriver, and when
you push on the back, a little point comes fomr the end (if I remember)
and I was only thinking of using this if one of the springs should break
in half, and no part of the spring was exposed

> I don't know about the rest of them, but I use "punch" to mean using a
> small or pointed item to force out a broken spring or push in a new one
> BELOW the surface of the post. Needle-nose pliers will only get you flush
> with the surface. If the spring you are removing is whole, or at least
> sticking out some from the post, "punching" is unnecessary. Just make sure
> you dont try to PULL the springs out by the long end. You must PUSH them
> back out the way they went in.
>
> Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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