Hi John, Made the same decision years ago after much loss of blood and noticing that if the becket were made with a sharp bend in the first place, it would not slip out. So when there is room I pre-form the bend prior to putting the wire in the tuning pin hole. I use a round shape plier from the '30s that has a mark where the .282" bend can be made. With this plier I get a very sharp 90% bend even on the largest wire. Joe Goss RPT imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:02 PM Subject: Re: wire coming out of beckett > Hi, > I have rethought putting the wire through the beckett and bending it. I am > not going to put in the extra bend. > I used to curse the Baldwins that had it. When a string broke, I was > guaranteed, to have my blood showing. > Thinking back to '75, when I started, I can only think of a couple of times > a beckett slipped, and that was on a new piano, where not enough length was > in the hole. If the wire is bent at right angles, and goes fully through the > hole, I have never had one slip. > I think the reason that Baldwin had for doing it, was that the wires were > pre-cut, so it was a manufacturing choice for speed, not to make sure it > didn't slip. > Regards, > > John M. Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada > jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:52 PM > Subject: Re: wire coming out of beckett > > > > > > >Ron, So with that logical reasoning, would you not add the double to the > > >Baldwin? > > >Joe Goss > > > > Hi Joe, > > I would anyway, for the other reasons, and take my chances. The percentage > > of replaced broken strings that already have the "lock" bend is low, so > > it's an acceptable risk. I'm still ahead in the long run. > > > > Ron N > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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