Warren, Thanks for that little trick on high v-bars. Generally the 3:00 position (3 full wraps) is what I perfer to do. I've had strings stable with 2 wraps. Just as long as all they are beckets are in the same direction for neatness. For appearance, I like the becket at, oh let's say 2:30; even 12:00 looks good. Consistency is the trick. It's just a matter of stringing enough to get those little suckers going in the same direction. Jon Page Cape Cod. Mass jpage@capecod.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 03:24 PM 12/8/96 -0800, you wrote: >>Jon Page wrote: >> I still have three coils with the becket about 3:00. >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 > > Jon Page Cape Cod. Mass jpage@capecod.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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