stringing

[Farrell]

I see the steps being saved here and I like the idea. I have done the precut (three cuts) method before. Because I measure and cut each end in the same manner, I get nice even becket positions. I would fear getting uneven beckets with the one cut method. Any particular trick you use to get them even?

Terry Farrell
  
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From: <Kdivad@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: stringing

> Hazen, I don't know what kind of can you use but tugging doesn't describe the way the wire slides out my cans, it streams out with very little effort, I just have to pull it and put it back in the can from the floor once, the rest of the time it streams up from the can to an agraffe hole ready for use. I don't have to reach to the floor to yank wire out of the can, it comes out as I thread it through its string path.  To me the process of cutting and handling pieces of seperate wire and then recutting to measurement seems much more cumbersome and time consuming. I make one cut for two pins versus two cuts for two pins (unless you prebend the hitch bend then it requires three cuts).  I only have to measure once for two pins versus twice (unless you prebend, then three measurements).  I only have to handle the string once for two pins instead of twice.  I only have to deal with one string coming out of the can versus a stack of strings.  I have no wasted wire.
> Maybe we are talking about personal preferences and what ever works for you is correct for you but my exercise in this thread is finding the most efficient, accurate and time concious method for stringing a piano.
> 
> David Koelzer
> Vintage Pianos
> DFW