[pianotech] string hook

[Allan]

Thank you Paul and William. The tool in the pictures is different from the
tool sold by Mother Goose, which doesn't show a rubber "foot". Is it
available for sale somewhere or should I just try to make one? 

 

Allan Sutton

www.pianotechniquemontreal.com

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of William Monroe
Sent: 12 juin 2009 09:48
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] string hook

 

HI Allan,

Like this?  Yes, the rubber bumper can be placed on top of the agraffes, or
any other place you like, and then you can hook strings and use the leverage
to lift them.  As with any process, caution is used, the leverage is quite
good, and it makes levelling strings easy.  Just be careful not to
overdo........

Then, the end has a groove filed in it for seating - if you decide to do
that.

William R. Monroe



On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Allan <allan at sutton.net> wrote:

 

Used for levelling the strings, what is the 

At the Postdam one-day seminar last month, Kent Webb had a tool that was a
long brass bar with a long wire hanging by its side. He used it to "massage"
the string to settle on the bridge, but it was not the main use of this
tool. Does any of this ring a bell? Could it be a string leveller? The hook
would be on the long wire, the bar would be the [cantilever, lever, I don't
know the word] to [take support?] or for [counter-bracing]?

 

I wish I could explain this better. Sorry.

 Hart string hook ? Joe Goss uses that term on his article about string
levelling on his mother goose web site. For lifting as well as lowering?

Thank you                    

Allan Sutton

 

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