[pianotech] string replacement

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

On 6/4/09, Gerald Groot <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Me to or, a vise grips.
>
>
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> > I use a small spring clamp to hold the string on the hitch pin and it comes
> off without a hitch... or not... anyhow, it works great.
>
> Paul Bruesch
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
> wrote:
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> <snip>
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> while maintaining enough tension on the wire to keep it from flipping off
> the hitchpin.
>
> </snip>
>


Yeah, I use vise-grips, too... when I remember ;-{
...and when I can get them in place behind keybed, past pedal levers
or through bass strings.
;-}
-- 
Conrad Hoffsommer