Sciortino Insta-Coiler

[Jon Page]

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At 05:51 PM 8/7/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Has anyone had much success with the Sciortino Insta-coiler?  It's 
>probably better used when restringing an entire piano but as a farily new 
>part-time tuner, I bought one in hopes that it would make the occassional 
>broken string easier to replace.  Sometimes it makes a perfect coil and 
>other times, I have problems getting it to work.  Maybe I just need to 
>have more practice with it but it seems inconsistent.
>
>Any opinions?
>
>Corte Swearingen

I have not tried one but have seen the picture in the catalogue.
I would tend to think that for string replacements a dummy pin would be 
best to get into tight areas.

For treble wire I use a dummy pin which has been cut off 1/4 " below the 
becket hole. From there a saw
cut up into the hole allows the coil to be easily slipped off. But for the 
heavier core wire of bass strings
I first ease the becket out of the pin with needle-nosed pliers and then 
remove the coil. The reason for
this is to expand the coil so it is easier to install on the pin in the piano.
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