Tightening coils on sloppy restringing

[Richard Moody]

 >The thinking behind what I've
> been doing is to let the becket  (the end of the wire that is) stick out
of
> the hole aprox. 1/2 the diameter of the wire, not to exceed the diameter
of
> the wire.   What that leaves me with is a wire end that acts as a kind
of
> stop for the coil and when it's lifted it keeps the coil from coming up
too
> far.  

I find that the coils that are the neatest ride up almost OVER half the
hole in
the tuning pin and ONLY half (or a little less)  That if the wire extends
through the hole in the pin as to stop the coil from ridding up, the coil
cannot be gotten as neat as if it can nudge a little past the hole. 
	Look at any piano with original strings. Tell me which ones do not cover
half of the hole and I will show you ten that do. 
Ric  (the c stands for  coils)
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> 
> Jon wrote:
> >Why do you want the wire to stick out of the pin? It makes a sloppy
looking
> >job,
> >& serves no purpose. If you really wanted to be fastidious, you would
make
> >certain the wire goes the whole length of the hole
> >but does not extrude.   
> > a neater job is derived by nothing sticking out.
> >
> 
> Well, to be honest, I'm not sure where I got the idea from.  .   What
that leaves me with is a wire end that acts as a kind
of
> stop for the coil and when it's lifted it keeps the coil from coming up
too
> far.