Hi, Allan:
Joe Goss wrote that his tool is not made for leveraging. I took a look at mine, (short memory), and it's made to simply pull on. As a matter of fact, there is a limit to how much the string will move. You really don't need a whole lot of leverage to do the job. I've broken strings doing a "leveling" job with a simple hook, with no leverage. That's the danger involved- getting too aggressive with the process.
The plier I'd like to see would rest on the agraffe and use a squeeze action to lift the string. What I'm after is a consistent pulling force. Maybe some kind of adjustable spring involved which would limit overpulling and quantify the amount of force (make it repeatable).
Just some ideas...
Paul McCloud
San Diego
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From: Allan
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: 06/15/2009 7:56:49 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] string hook
Wim : “The Hart spring hook should not be used on strings. It should only be used on springs,” I would like to know about the sPring hook as well
Paul; “ I don't know of a Hart string hook, but he has a spring hook that is very handy for manipulating various springs. Not used for string leveling. Joe Goss has a string levelling tool […] These string levelling tools are very efficient because of the leverage against an agraffe” “Part of the fun of piano work is coming up with a tool of your own, or modifying one you bought and make it better. […]. I've always thought of somehow using some kind of dedicated plier to do this job. Maybe someday... »
You made me think I can ask my brother Mark to make tools to my specifications. The nice thing about Joe’s one is that the height of the hook itself seems adjustable. Pliers? Describe it, we will make it! Who is “he” who has a sPring hook?
Joe; “Neven Essex is the guy who came up with the idea of using the
leverage lifter and tried to convince me to change my design but we could forsee missuse and damage to the agraffes, strings and other issues by over agressive use and strong techs.”
I would like to understand what are your fears of missuses. Isn’t your tool taking leverage against the agraffe (or the area between the tuning pins and the agraffe)? I want to buy it. Will you be at Grand Rapids, can we buy your tools there?
Thank you for your interest all of you.
We love tools, don’t we?
Allan Sutton
www.pianotechniquemontreal.com
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of William Monroe
Sent: 13 juin 2009 19:54
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] string hook
Allan,
I made mine. Piece of old brass pedal rod, cut to length, drill two holes for the top end of the wire, insert wire and bend over to lock. Add a rubber foot, file a little groove in the top and buff to smooth the edges and you're in business.
William R. Monroe
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Allan <allan at sutton.net> wrote:
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
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