beckets

[Clyde Hollinger]

Terry,

I had that happen once when the top-most string tore, C8 center and right.  I tried three times to replace the string, and every time as I tried to pull the string to tension, the string would slowly pull out of the hole.  As far as I know, to this day that piano has only one string on C8.

Regards,
Clyde

Farrell wrote:

> Speaking of beckets........
>
> Tuned a Samick console today and when checking the tuning I had just completed, noticed G#6 unison was bad - right string flat. Figured I simply missed turning that one. So I cranked on the pin and it wouldn't sharpen. Oops - do I have my lever on the wrong pin? Nope. Crank a little more and BANG. Oh shoot, did I break the string? Nope. The string popped out of the becket! I guess it creeping out is what caused the string to go flat. That was a first for me.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan" <tune4u@earthlink.net>
> To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:29 AM
> Subject: RE: beckets
>
> > Loosen the coil just enough so you can push it down below the becket
> > hole with a screwdriver, use the old needlenose on the becket then bring
> > the tension up while still holding the coil down. Ideally, the end of
> > the wire should be just shyly peeking out of the hole, about as far out
> > as the wire thickness.
> >
> > Alan R. Barnard
> > Salem, MO
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> > Behalf Of Stephen Airy
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 3:09 AM
> > To: Piano Tech list - PTG
> > Subject: Re: beckets
> >
> >
> > What do I do in my piano when the end of the wire pushes against the
> > coils on the other side?  Do I use a coil lifter/dropper, or leave it,
> > or what?
> >
> > http://pianoplayer.hey.nu/pianopics/tenorbeckets.jpg
> >
> > ----- Original message -----
> > From: "Dave Nereson" <davner@kaosol.net>
> > To: pianotech@ptg.org
> > Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 01:42:19 -0600
> > Subject: beckets
> >
> > <<I'd love to have someone show me how to tighten beckets. So far my
> > efforts have produced no change in pitch--which I assume should be
> > there. Comments?>>
> >
> >     Not much to show.  Where the wire enters the tuning pin, that
> >     right-angle bend should be against the pin, or as close to the pin
> > as
> >     possible.  If it sticks out, squeeze it in with a pair of parallel
> >     pliers (needlenose will work also, but tend to slip).  Often the
> >     pitch will drop 20 cents, 50 cents, even more sometimes.
> >     It's not really "tightening" the becket, it's just getting rid of
> >     some slack wire that has the potential of letting the string go
> > flat.
> >     If it's already squeezed in as far as it will go, then of course the
> >     pitch won't change.
> > --David Nereson, RPT
> >
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