Problem Replacing Treble String

[David Love]

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Back the original pin off by 1 turn.  Cut a piece of wire a bit longer =
than
you will need.  Bend the hitch pin bend with a round nose pliers.  Put =
the
wire on the hitch pin and pull the wire taught through the agraffe or =
capo
and cut the wire to length.  Wind the string onto a dummy pin with 2 =BD
turns.  Remove the wire from the dummy pin and transfer it to the =
original
pin using needle nose pliers.  Insert the becket and squeeze the coil to =
get
the wire fully inserted into the becket  with a parallel pliers.  Do the
same for the other end on the other pin.  Pull to tension alternately =
with
and use a  string lifter being careful that the wire doesn=92t overlap.
Squeeze the wire at the becket again.  Massage the wire along its =
length.
Pull to pitch.  Massage some more.  Pull to pitch.  Grip the coil with
parallel pliers and turn the pliers in the direction of the coil.  Pull =
to
pitch.  Do it all again.  Pull to pitch.  Level the strings.  Pull to =
pitch.
Massage the wire at the terminations to get the bend straightened.  Pull =
to
pitch.  If the string overlaps two different unisons, insert a mute =
between
them until you can come back to retune.  If the string is two unisons on =
one
note, tune them slightly sharp and insert a mute between the one =
original
string and the adjacent note so that the two new strings are unmuted.  =
They
will drift flat, but will do so somewhat together.  Come back in 6-8 =
weeks
to tweak them.  Charge for all your visits. =20

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David Love
davidlovepianos@comcast.net=20

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On =
Behalf
Of Robert Finley
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:25 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Problem Replacing Treble String

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I am having a problem replacing treble strings. The end of the wire =
always
pops out of the hole in the tuning pin when I try to put the first turn =
on.
I have tried using the coil lifter to hold the wire in place, but that
didn't work. The diameter of the first turn always becomes too large, =
and I
can't make a neat first turn, tight against the tuning pin. The result =
is
that the end comes out of the hole in the pin. The wire is so stiff and
springy. The wire needs to be held firrnly and tangential to the pin, =
but I
am not sure how I can do this. Could anyone suggest how I could overcome
this problem? Thank you very much.=20

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Robert Finley


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