[pianotech] Removing Strings

[John Delacour]

At 22:25 +0100 12/05/2011, John Delacour wrote:


>At 07:08 -0700 12/05/2011, David Love wrote:
>
>>You don't need a becket breaker.  After taking down the tension I 
>>often use an awl or something similar to pry out the becket and 
>>then pull the string over the pin with a string hook.
>
>That's roughly the way I do it too.  A full turn on the pin opens 
>out the coil and makes it easy to get the awl in.  You can lever out 
>the becket by pivoting the awl at the top of the pin and then, with 
>a bit of practice get the coil off all in one motion.  I can't 
>imagine a becket breaker (whatever that is!) could be any faster.

I've just noticed I wrote an illustrated article some while ago on 
this procedure.  You can read it at 
<http://pianomaker.co.uk/technical/string_removal/>

JD