by raimundo » 28 Mar 2009 10:58
Normal picks are too big for tiny keyways, on the plus side though, tiny keys are not long, and a piece of piano wire can be made into a pick and still have a stiff short shaft. I reccomend that you make a piano wire hook by cutting a short length, maybe 4 inches, and use a file and some sand paper to round one end of it, then curl this end to a finger loop, so that your wire looks like a six 6 with the first prepared end in the loop, you smoothed this end so that you don't get a cut finger.
put your second (bird) finger in the loop, and grip the piano wire with the first finger and thumb, bend the part that passes this grip a little forward, now your second finger controls the orientation of this shaft, so you know where the hook is pointing
make the hook by bending the wire at just over the length of these tiny keys, then cut it to length and file and sand the hook tip so that it has no sharp edges,
thats all there is to it, only minutes to make, most of it sanding and fileing, the ends, and you have a pick that has a round shaft so this will not interfere with any paracentric warding and the loop controls the direction of the hook. with a straight handle, this will not be so easy but the loop handle makes it very easy.
Wake up and smell the Kafka!!!
