beckets

[Farrell]

Or get one of Joe Goss's heavy duty slide-hammer coil lifter/tappers. I bought one at the Dallas convention (was a bit worried the plane would be tail heavy with that in my bag!) and it help me make the neatest, tightest coils on a recent restring that I have ever had. Not light weight like the bigger piano supply house tools - this one has the beef to make the job easy.

Terry Farrell

P.S. Joe, don't worry about overnighting the check, regular mail will be fine.

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stephen Airy" <stephenairy@fastmail.fm>
> 
> > 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?
> 
>     Tap the coil down so that the hole on the other side is exposed (loosen the tension if necessary), then squeeze the becket (the wire bend) into the pin as far as it'll go.  Use a brass or other soft metal tool to tap the coil down, so as not to nick the string.  The coil lifter might work for this also, since it doesn't have a sharp edge like a screwdriver.  
> 
> --David Nereson, RPT