Today I saw a pair of replaced bass strings on a nice Steinway. This instrument was being considered for purchase by a good player but it had one bass note with a bad overtone. The store ordered a pair of new strings and another tech put them in. After installation the coils on both new strings matched the original stringer's coils exactly. I am pretty good at matching coils and can recognize good work; I was impressed. My survey question is; what is the technique that you use to match pin coils to come out at exactly the same angle as the original stringing job? Do you use "three fingers"? Measure past the pin? Blaine Hebert URPT
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