Hi Joe, I have been extremely lucky. I keep on meaning to wear glasses, but normally only remember for complete restrings. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:27 PM Subject: Re: wire coming out of beckett/take care > > Hi John, > Just a figure of speach mostly. <G> But one nice thing about wearing glasses > is that several times the end of the wire has been deflected the wild wire > trying to return to its memory position striking my glasses instead of my > eye. > Joe Goss > imatunr@srvinet.com > www.mothergoosetools.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Formsma" <john@formsmapiano.com> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:36 PM > Subject: RE: wire coming out of beckett > > > > I'm curious - why are you guys losing blood? I've taken plenty of old > > wire from Baldwin & WurliTzer tuning pins, and never have poked my > > finger. > > > > I grab it with my small Vise grips and use the Force to command that > > rascal out. Sometimes it's difficult, but my fingers don't get near the > > wire. > > > > John Formsma > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On > > > Behalf Of Joe And Penny Goss > > > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 6:27 PM > > > To: Pianotech > > > Subject: Re: wire coming out of beckett > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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