There's always a hitch

[Avery Todd]

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Hi Cy,

At 10:45 PM 3/22/04, you wrote:
>I'm afraid I'm misunderstanding you (or not getting a joke?).  Do you get 
>single strings with premade coils?

Yes, that's what I've done in one instance of restringing a Bose. They came 
in a big box
and are installed just like one would a bass string.

>I was responding to the comment that single strings would save time in a 
>factory setting...

Sorry if "I" misunderstood. :-) In a factory, of course, they would have a 
very
efficient way of making all those individual coils.

>I've only helped in a restringing by standing at the tail end and 
>threading the up through the bridge pins, but it sure seems that after an 
>octave or so, you'd really be into the rhythm of it: three fingers past 
>the pin hole, snip, thread through pin, make right angle for becket, three 
>turns with the T-handle, pound it in, lift the coil, and tighten it up a 
>little more.

Don't forget to also squeeze the becket in tightly!

>  My guess is it takes experienced people, what, maybe two hours to string 
> a grand?  It's awesome to see.

Maybe but I know I'M no where close to 2 hours! :-) Of course, I don't do 
but maybe
2-3 a year, either.

>--Cy--

Avery

>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:avery@ev1.net>Avery Todd
>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech
>Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 4:11 PM
>Subject: Re: There's always a hitch
>
>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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