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Dave Hepworth
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West Yorkshire, UK
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Posted 29 Oct 2013 2:06 am |
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| Hi folks what is that very usefull looking device that Crowbear shows us in the Changing Strings Shoes? thread -keeping the string close into the finger when changing strings.Is it home made?, (if so how is it made?).If you can buy one -where from please.Regards Dave |
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Jerry Jones
From:
Franklin, Tenn.
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Dave Hepworth
From:
West Yorkshire, UK
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Posted 29 Oct 2013 4:24 am
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Many Thanks Jerry-would never have guessed what it was and looked too good to be home made.I suppose it will work on my GFI? -slots rather than pins.Will try and get one UK side.
Regards Dave |
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 29 Oct 2013 5:41 am
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You could also get a woman's makeup foam wedge...
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 29 Oct 2013 5:43 am
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| I have a wedge that I use on my Franklin (it has pins). I tried it in my Wife's GFI Expo S-10 and it works. |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Clark Doughty
From:
KANSAS
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Eric Philippsen
From:
Central Florida USA
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Posted 29 Oct 2013 1:03 pm
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A flat thin pencil eraser works - one that we all have in a desk or drawer
Somewhere. At least that's what I've been using for 10 years. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Oct 2013 4:12 pm
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Using a piano mute makes sense, but leaving that long handle on it probably doesn't.  |
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André Sommer
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Posted 31 Oct 2013 7:41 pm
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| Funny to see this. I have been using a piano mute for some 15 years for this purpose. Without that handle, though. |
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2013 7:01 pm
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I imagine a rubber door stop could work fine, too, and really cheap. I'll have to try that on my Mullen. News at 11:00.
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Ronnie Boettcher
From:
Brunswick Ohio, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2013 12:45 pm
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They all will work, but i just took a piece out of wood shim, that is used to shim a door, window, or cabinets. Had a whole bunch in the basement, and cut one the size I needed. Hook the string in the fingers, insert the wedge, wind the string on the tuner till the string is stretched, but no real tension on it. Take the wedge out, and tune the string.
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