stringing

[Kdivad@AOL.COM]

In a message dated Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:16:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, RNossaman@cox.net writes:

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> >My old technique was to slip the end of the wire from the can into an 
> >empty pin hole but Ron Nossmans technique of inserting the wire into the 
> >next agraffe hole and winding two pins at once (eliminating changing 
> >tools) is my new technique.  Thanks Ron!
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> >David Koelzer
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> You're quite welcome, sir. Aside from the obvious difference in how often 
> you have to swap tools and drop them on newly finished surfaces in the 
> stringing process, the only other concern you might want to consider is the 
> length of string pulled through an agraffe hole. Pre-cutting to length will 
> result in more cuts and a little extra time and wire waste, where threading 
> wire in ahead of yourself and driving two pins at once like I do means 
> pulling a yard or two of wire through every other agraffe hole. I expect 
> that will make some folks nervous. Call it a hunch. Even before I switched 
> to the cleaner Mapes IG, and was using "blackfinger" wire, I was never able 
> to determine that there was any mechanical or tonal problem with this 
> method. In other words, I can't see that any damage is done to the agraffe 
> termination by dragging that much wire through it, so 
> that's my preference.
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> For what it's worth.
> 
> Ron N

Ok I am missing something here, Why do you pull that much wire through?

David Koelzer
Vintage Pianos
DFW