Totally agree with David Love here. Who's call? Each of us individually. Waste time? Waste money? Not in my world. I don't "mess around" lining up beckets, I simply use a great tool (invented by someone else) that allows me to measure and cut the wire to an exact length, in one motion, to achieve beckets that all line up the same way. Maybe I'll post a picture........ It adds zero time to the job, and it sure looks pretty. It's simply another aspect of craftsmanship in my mind. Exactly in line with making your keytops, soundboard, plate, finish, notches, hardware, pick a part, LOOK nice as well as perform well. If it were ONLY about performace, we wouldn't "waste time" with many other details of rebuilding either. Craftsmanship is in the details, and some of them ARE cosmetic, IMO. William R. Monroe On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:11 PM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>wrote: > Yeah, it's window dressing but it adds to the appearance like filling the > chips in the plate before you spray the new lacquer, taking time to do a > neat job on the lettering, squaring the notches in the new keytops, > carefully laying out the bridge and setting the bridge pins to uniform > height, etc., etc. If you're doing this instead of making fitting the > pinblock properly then your priorities are messed up but I think there is > something to be said for the look of quality craftsmanship and I always aim > for it. BTW, you don't have to mess with tuning pins to align beckets, > there's a very simple and fast procedure for measuring when you cut the > wire > that gets everything lined up with no extra time or effort. Why not. > Whether it's 2.5 or 3 coils who cares, not important. Personally, I string > the top treble with 4 coils and the rest of the piano with 3. Why you ask? > Well the top treble needs less torque which also makes it easier to make > fine adjustments to the pin. Having 4 coils raises the pin out of the > block > just slightly without getting the string any higher off the plate and > creating additional flagpolling. Small thing, probably doesn't make that > much difference but then so is adding little bits of lead to hammer molding > to get the SWs smooth. > > David Love > www.davidlovepianos.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On > Behalf > Of Israel Stein > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 8:49 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] pianotech Digest, Vol 12, Issue 11 > > > > > > > > Jon Page wrote: > >>> I personally prefer 2.5 coils to 3 or more, and becket alignment is a > >>> non-performance cosmetic concern > >> > >> Craftsmanship is an important aspect of this work. Sloppy does not > >> cut it. > > > > Who's call? Why does 2.5 turn coils and not precisely aligned beckets > > constitute sloppy work? Is that sort of superficial stuff what > > rebuilding is about? > > > > Ron N > Ron, > > I'm with you 100% here. Back when I was training for this in Boston the > instruictor used to mock those "rebuilders" who would take the time to > line up beckets - but not bother to properly fit the pinblock or had no > idea how to regulate an action or no concept of touchweight. Waste of > time, in my book. It seems to be an easy way to show a client how > "professional" and "meticulous" the workmanship is - the beckets are all > lined up! Window dressing, as far as I am concerned. Of course, if a > quality rebuilder wants to take the time to screw around with tuning > pins to line up the beckets - it's their choice. I can think of better > ways to spend my time and the client's money... > > Israel Stein > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091002/eba70e4d/attachment.htm>
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