I don't run into plastic elbows that much anymore, but I always bought the snap on elbows with the wire sticker attached...I do remember the buttons were always too tight though... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 Original message From: wimblees at aol.com To: toddpianoworks at att.net, pianotech at ptg.org Received: 2/4/2009 11:59:23 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Elbow Replacement (quick question) Todd Your asking the wrong question. The wire should go into the new elbow so that the distance between the bottom of the elbow and the regulating button is about the same distance as the old elbow and regulating button. It doesn't have to be exact, but you'll save yourself a lot of regulating time if you can get that distance close. When you've measured one, look to see how far onto the elbow the lifter wire is screwed, and then do the same with the rest. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 1:52 pm Subject: [pianotech] Elbow Replacement (quick question) When screwing on the new elbows, do we normally screw till the elbow just covers the threads on the lifter wire, or do we screw until the lifter wire is all the way down in the hole? OR, does it not matter? TODD PIANO WORKS Matthew Todd, Piano Technician (979) 248-9578 http://www.toddpianoworks.com Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090205/0cb27e93/attachment.html>
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