---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Ed Thanks Dale 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. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e0/f6/05/79/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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