String replacement under overstrung area

[David Love]

You can usually just lean the action forward slightly to give clearance.  

 

David Love
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www.davidlovepianos.com 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Ilvedson
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 2:34 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: String replacement under overstrung area

 

Easier is always better...I also don't like "bitching up" damper felts.  How
long does it take to remove the action?   Less than minute ...YMMV

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California




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Original message
From: Farrell 
To: "Pianotech List" 
Received: 7/10/2006 1:59:40 PM
Subject: Re: String replacement under overstrung area

I don't find there to be any reason to remove the action for a tenor string
replacement. Sure, it would be easier, but I don't think the small advantage
is worth it.

 

YMMV

 

Terry Farrell

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Always good to make Dad feel useful...;-]   There is a stringing tool, which
is basically a tube you slide the crimped string into.  I've heard a curtain
rod also works.   Of course your removing the action...a long piece of brass
rod with a notch in the end...once the string is in place use a clamp of
some sort to hold it onto the hitchpin...vice grip works.   If nothing else
the crimped wire will slide under the strings with a little *&^#%@.   You
have to hold tension on the wires so they don't want to slide between
strings...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California


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Original message

Hi everyone.  I was tuning my mom's ancient upright (1908) and of course a
string broke.  Even worse, it was D#4 and in the area where the strings
overlap.  While this was great stringing practice, I have to believe there's
a trick to getting the string where it needs to go (and stay there) without
hours of heartache and assistance from my dad!  I felt like I was torturing
this poor old piano.  Any words of wisdom?

 

Michelle Smith

Bastrop, Texas

 

 

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