Leveling Coils & Pinching Becket

[Gordon Holley]

Hello Isaac, Thanks for the assistnce.  I called Joe Goss and ordered 
the coil lifter/pin driver.  Hopefully, after this revisiting of the 
subject and all of the contributions of the list members, I and some 
others that needed the help will be much better prepared.
Many thanks,
Gordon Holley, Goshen, Indiana
On 5 Nov 2003 at 2:13, Isaac sur Noos wrote:

> Micahel, others,
> 
> The "pry tools are available at Jahnn, the best version , with a handle
> allow you to make the lever on another tuning pin (round space for that in
> the tool) . The other one have a spacer at one end, I guess it is not really
> a "pry bar, but some kind of hook that go around the tuning pin, I am sure
> you know that one (but it looks like a German tool to me).
> 
> The coil lifter is a must you can work from above, or from under, ther is a
> mobile mass that does the job (assuming the strings are not really too tight
> on the pin, for the APSCO version of the tool I have)
> 
> BTW Terry, do you have more than one tip on this tool (for smaller or
> thicker tuning pins) ?
> 
> Best regards.
> 
> Isaac OLEG
> 
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>   -----Message d'origine-----
>   De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> part de Michael Gamble
>   Envoyé : mercredi 5 novembre 2003 01:08
>   À : pianotech@ptg.org
>   Objet : Fw: Leveling Coils & Pinching Becket
> 
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Farrell
>   To: Pianotech
>   Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 5:21 PM
>   Subject: Re: Leveling Coils & Pinching Becket
> 
> 
>   Hello Gordon. Just a couple weeks ago I leveled coils on a piano the was
> likely restrung a good 50 years ago - an 1880s Knabe square grand. First of
> all, the Mother of All Coil Lifter from Joe Goss - picture below. I guess I
> should have put something next to it for scale, but it is twice the size of
> the junkers from Schaff and it has a hardened tip. No coil will be unlevel
> as long as I have this tool!
> 
> 
> 
>   Please tell me how this tool works? You cinch the coils up from
> underneath, so I can't guess at the action required.
> 
>   Below is a picture of the horrible coils I was facing. I was afraid to
> even try and tune it because so many of the strings were already getting
> mashed down into the plate. The root of the problem on this piano was that
> the holes for the tuning pins were drill about 20 degrees off of vertical -
> the coils will naturally go down unless someone is determined to force them
> up - at least temporarily.
> 
> 
> 
>   How many of you noticed that the coils are the wrong way round? I once
> came across a piano where a cowboy had replaced a couple of strings this
> way. I didn't notice it until the pitch went down instead of up...! Then I
> had to re string the affected parts.
> 
>   Actually, I did not use Joe's tool on this piano - I use his too for
> perfecting the coils. On this horror project I used the little pry-bar type
> coil lifter available from the supply houses. I just let tension down on the
> strings enough so that the coil would lift via the pry tool.
> 
>   Can't get this "prytool" in UK
> 
>   Regarding the becket - just take a pair of pliers when you let the tension
> down and squeeze them puppies.
> 
>   I use a pair of long duck-billed - it "gets in there!"
> 
>   Terry Farrell
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Gordon Holley" <gholley@hi-techhousing.com>
>   To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>   Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:05 AM
>   Subject: Leveling Coils & Pinching Becket
> 
>   Regards
>   Michael G (UK)
>