Remedial string leveling

[Bruce Gibson Piano Technician]

Hello.

A picture of this tool, and your procedure, would be much appreciated!

Thanks.

Bruce Gibson
Piano Technician

P.O. Box 21063
Saskatoon, SK
S7H 5N9
Cell - 306.221.3786
Fax - 306.955.3725
bruce@bgpianotech.com
www.bgpianotech.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <A440A@aol.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: Remedial string leveling


> Greetings,
>     I wrote:
>    >> Maybe I missed it being mentioned,  but the Steinway factory techs
used
> a monkey spring with a notch cut above  the right angle.
>
> >>Dale writes:
> <<  I can't visualize this. Maybe it's to early . How  about a picture or
> remedial tutoring?<<
>
>      Um,  my Philistine-blessed, coal-fired computer doesn't handle
pictures
> very well, so I will try to describe the tool:
>
>      If you were to hold a Steinway monkey spring in your hand so that the
> short leg is upwards and facing you, imagine a grinding wheel moving into
the
> left side, at the top, so that a notch is cut into the left side approx
1.5 mm
> deep,(which will reduce the width of the spring and part of the short
leg), and
> extending about 7 mm down the side of the tool.  The 7 mm is the distance
> from under the string to the top of an average agraffe.
>    This will reduce the width of the short leg and provide a corner that
sits
> on top of the agraffe.  To use, just place the short leg under the string
and
> with the edge of the notch resting on the agraffe, lightly pull back
towards
> the tuning pins.  This levers the string upwards right in front of the
> agraffe.  It is easy to overdo this, but once gotten the hang of, is very
easy to
> move strings.
>     It helps to soften all edges to avoid nicks on strings, agraffes and
> hands.
> Hope that helps.
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
>
> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>
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