The kinks, was v-bar/capo repair

[Jon Page]

>I have found that by gripping the coil with vise grips, and twisting it
>in the direction of pull, I can usually remove about 150 cents of flattening
>right when I install the string.  Another few days at pitch and the new string
>will be stable.

I do this also but use parallel pliers. It is a bit wearisome to do 
an entire piano
with all the gripping and rotating involved.

The next time, I'll use the parallel pliers to squeeze the coil and 
an adjustable
crescent wrench to rotate the pliers.
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Regards,

Jon Page
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