There's always a hitch

[Avery Todd]

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Cy,

And how many seconds/minutes does it take you to make all those individual 
coils
for an entire piano and make it look as good as the factory does? :-)
Just wishing I could do it better!

Avery

>Compare that with a bulk reel of wire of a certain gauge: only takes a 
>second to snip it to the right length, and you've got the same number of 
>tuning pin coils to make.
>
>--Cy Shuster--
>Rochester, MN
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:mark@nhpianos.com>Mark Dierauf
>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org
>Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:35 AM
>Subject: RE: There's always a hitch
>
>I would think that you might expect slightly better tuning stability with 
>this system. On large pitch changes there's no way that the tension of one 
>string of a unison can effect the other strings as might be the case with 
>normal strings looped around a hitch-pin. Having all three strings the 
>same length from hitch-pin to tuning pin can only help. My thinking is 
>that once set up it might save significant time during the factory 
>stringing process by having all strings pre measured for any given scale.
>
>
>
>- Mark
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Lamos [mailto:selahpiano@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:02 PM
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: There's always a hitch
>
>
>
>List,
>
>     I prepped a Kohler & Campbell grand (KCG-650) the other day and being 
> of little knowledge I was wondering what is the point of having all the 
> treble wires each individually tied off on their own hitch pin.  Surely 
> it can't be tuning stability(?).  Or is it intended to save $$ for those 
> that habitually break strings?  You know, better to break just one than two.
>
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>
>Confused but peaceful,
>
>Peter Lamos
>
>Brunswick, GA
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