{"id":2247,"date":"2014-06-15T15:07:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T07:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tongtuning.com\/wordpress\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2021-09-17T21:37:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T13:37:56","slug":"piano-pliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tongtuning.com\/wordpress\/2247","title":{"rendered":"Piano Pliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Precious record of antique piano pliers<\/h5>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?vanity=Piano.Technician.HK&amp;set=a.4680444148640537\">Gallery<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"embedsocial-album\" data-ref=\"80b4763a83f46b1cca4b2138a03d4bac3a7dc19e\"><a class=\"feed-powered-by-es\" title=\"Powered by EmbedSocial\" href=\"https:\/\/embedsocial.com\/facebook-albums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Powered by EmbedSocial\u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id){var js; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = 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The hammer felt used then was pliant and relatively easy to work with needles. Large voicing tools, which provided a large grip necessary for some hard pressed hammers, were not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;English Articles&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2385,"url":"https:\/\/www.tongtuning.com\/wordpress\/2385","url_meta":{"origin":2247,"position":1},"title":"Antique and Vintage Piano Tools &#8211; Introduction","date":"June 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many specialized piano tools have been thrown away, probably because people in succeeding generations who have discovered these tools in storage, did not recognize what they were for, or if they did, could not find a use for them. 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