Bill, Remove all the bass string, natch. But for the treble wire, do one size at a time. Pull each unison sharp as you go. This way, when your're done, you're done (a Yogi-izm) Except for follow-up tuning. Unless you are pulling the plate, what's the point of comparing crown strung and unstrung. I assume it this piano is in the customer's home. Will you be using a dummy pin? My dummy pin has been cut off 1/4" below the becket with a saw kerf up into the hole. This allows the coil to drop off the dummy without having to expand the coil, that's done to get it on. I don't use the drop-off method on bass wire, it's too stiff so it facilitates installing the coil in the piano if the coil is expanded initally to get it off the dummy pin. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@comcast.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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