Hi Warren, I knew I'd forget something. No matter how many times I went through it in my mind. :-) >>keep the wire under tension while making >> the coil. If you're in an agraffe section, make sure you put the wire >> through the agraffe BEFORE making the coil. :-) >Avery, a wrinkle I've used for years, that I've never heard of anyone >else using is a method for preventing the string from jumping off the >hitch pin while you're feeding it through the agraffe hole. I had >several people recommend snapping a vise grip on the hitch pin but I >never liked walking around the piano to do that chore nor the marks the >visegrip makes on the side of the pin. I usually use one of the padded type spring type clamps. Usually enough pressure without the marks on the hitch pin. >What I do is route the wire >around the hitch, pull the wire tight OVER the pressure bar and cut the >wire long. I also do this. Just something else I forgot to mention. >Then I grasp the wire with my left hand (I'm right-handed) >right behind the damper area (if they are in the piano) hold tension on >the string leading into the hitch and loop the remainder of the string >around in a verticle loop so that the end points under the v-bar to the >agraffe. Insert the wire into the correct hole, grasp the end with your >right hand and pull it through the hole while you slowly release the >vertical loop. If you do it right, the hitch will always be under >tension and the wire won't jump off. Not a bad idea at all. I'll have to try it this way. >>I pull the string up in increments, squeezing the becket > >The best tool I have found for squeezing beckets is a pair of parallel >pliers! Wide and no teeth! Agreed. >What'cha think? > >Warren Thanks for some useful additions. Avery
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