Jon Page wrote: > I still have three > coils with the becket about 3:00. > Jon Page Jon, Most technicians in this business have different philosophies about a lot of things. This is one of mine. After attending a seminar given by the Rappaports (of Texas) several years back at which they said that the three coils and the 3:00 position are not written in stone! That anything from 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 turns are equally good. That they regularly used the 2-1/2 turns leaving the becket at 9:00 which alowed them better control of the wire leading into the coil, particularly in the bass of those uprights like Everetts where the high v-bar causes the wire to descend a half inch to the tuning pin and most of the time rides up over the coil. (When you are talking about the 3:00 position, I assume that you are talking about the stringing position, upright on a tilter and grand in its' normal position). To correct the string ride-over above, back off the pin 1/4 turn, put a coil lifter under the coil where the wire intersects the pin, lift the coil slightly higher and re-tighten. With the becket on the far side you can do this, but it is impossible if the becket is anywhere near to the point the string wraps around the pin. We may be both saying the same thing from different viewpoints. Please let me know. Warren -- Warren D. Fisher fish@communique.net Registered Piano Technician Piano Technicians Guild New Orleans Chapter 701
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