[pianotech] becket crimping tool

[Pianoman]

One of the things that has always distressed me was the practice of the wire 
coming through the becket on through with about  a 1/4' of wire out and then 
bending it over securing the string almost forever.  It is one of the worst 
problems in replacing broken strings in these pianos.  It seems the practice 
started with Wurlitzer in the 1960's when I worked for the Wurli dealer.   I 
just replaced 9 bass strings on a Wurli studio and 9 strings took me 2 hours 
working with this.
James
James Grebe
Since 1962
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] becket crimping tool


> We never use anything but a brass drift (6" x 1/4" or 3/16") to tap the
> becket home. Steel tools on piano wire just don't seem like a good idea if 
> it  can
> be avoided. And we urge our students, when putting the wire in the becket
> hole to allow only one diameter's worth of the wire to show on the other 
> side;
> when the wire is bent onto the tuning pin, the wire will then pull  back 
> flush
> to the hole allowing the becket to act as the whole lever that it is
> supposed to be without protruding from the other side.
>
> Paul
>
>
> In a message dated 3/13/2009 5:33:26 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> A440A at aol.com writes:
>
> Thumpe  writes:
>
> << I have a  VERY big, long set  of needelnose pliers ( about 18" from end 
> of
> handle to tip ) that are  easier to get in between the pins than 
> Vise-grips
> ( which I used up to this  point ) and definitely give you all the 
> leverage
> you need for nice, tight  beckets. >>
>
> And while we are talking about beckets, how about a round of
> condemnation for the technique of sticking a bit of the wire out the
> opposite side
> of the tuning pin? There are a number of reasons not to, but  I still see 
> it
> happening a fair amount of the time.
>
>
>
> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>
>
>
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