This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I've always just put the coils on a pad covering the plate, slid the = coil ties to one spot & fed out enough wire at a time to do a few = unisons, strung them up & then fed out some more. Worked well enough = for me, but then I didn't do a lot of wholesale stringing. After I left Banff, Ted Sambell, ever the inventive gadget maker, made a = stringing cart with a bunch of boxes to fit 5 # coils w/sliding tops = with holes in them to pull the wire out of....kind of like the = canisters. These boxes were on an angle on either side so the string = came out easily, but didn't pull the box off the shelf. Worked pretty = slick. Everything in easy reach, & easily spun around to get to the = sizes on the other side. /l\ /l\ _/l\_ * * I built similar carts on which I could put all the case parts, including = legs & lid, of a grand when it was apart for rebuilding/refinishing. = Very handy. Everything in one spot, & it could move through the shop = along with the case. =20 Otto ----- Original Message -----=20 From: ed440@mindspring.com=20 To: College and University Technicians=20 Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Large wire spool? Jim- Are these large rolls on spools, or are they just large coils held = together with wire twists? When I ordered Pure Sound it was just in large coils, not on spools. Is there any reason not to rewind it into smaller coils and put it = into canisters? You would have to make a roll winding gadget for this. Ed S. -----Original Message-----=20 From: Jim Busby=20 Sent: Nov 8, 2005 11:08 PM=20 To: College and University Technicians=20 Subject: [CAUT] Large wire spool?=20 List, =20 Do any of you have a good "container" or method to store and easily = use piano wire in the large rolls? I'm also hoping that I can figure out = a way to adapt it with all my new "Pure Sound" stainless wire. The rolls = are about 17 inches diameter. =20 It seems I read something about this years ago but I couldn't find = anything on the archives. I recall something that it had an arm with a = sort of brake thingee too. The container is the part I can't visualize. = Having 15 huge boxes around would work, but there's got to be a better = way. (I've always just set the roll on a blanket on the plate.) =20 Thanks, Jim Busby BYU =20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/ce/3c/d5/e4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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