stringing

[David Ilvedson]

I pre-cut all the wire for restringing and put a bend for the hitchpin in each one as I go.  Each size is hung on a separate hook till I get to it.

David I.



----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: Susan Kline <sckline@attbi.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 17:58:49 -0700
Subject: Re: stringing

>At 08:27 PM 8/4/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>>David,
>>  You do have to cut for the exact size,with the wire laying beside
>> you.But it is still a lot faster,and easier to keep up with,than having
>> to get the can out every string,pull out the wire,and measure,and you
>> will still end up measuring exactly anyway.That way when the pins,and
>> wire run out,you know it's time to change size.We don't think of losing a
>> minute here or there,but when you do it 200+ times it adds up.I was
>> taught this way,and it seems I pick up,and put down tools less times this way.
>>Best,
>>Hazen Bannister

>You know, I could imagine a simple fixture which might work quite well for
>this. You take a rubbing, and tape the long tenor end to a cylinder, so
>that the long tenor is parallel to the cylinder, and a foot or so away from
>it. You drape the rubbing over a long narrow table, with the agraffe end
>near a simple clamp which could hold wire, like a visegrip mounted to the
>table. You put a big magic marker slash between the changes in size, and
>mark the size numbers on the rubbing in big numbers. The film can stays on
>a dowel on the far end, just beyond the rubbing. You grab the wire, pull it
>to the agraffe end, clamp it with the vise grip, then take the cutters,
>down at the film end, and clip just beyond the rubbed hitch pin. Actually,
>you keep the cutters in your hand ... After the end of a size, you roll up
>the rubbing a little way, change the film cans for the next size, and carry
>on ... oh, one other thing you'd need -- a series of places, like maybe
>narrow saw kerfs, to lay the wire on in order. with sizes marked.

>hmmmmmmmm

>Susan