[CAUT] Insta-coiler

[Susan Kline]

That's interesting, Tim. I used a Sciortino stringing tool a lot 
quite a few years ago, when I was stringing a few pianos. I did 
notice that if the tuning pin were too low in the pinblock, the tool 
would bottom out against the plate and the coil would bind and start 
coiling above instead of below the becket. I found I had to check to 
be sure it wasn't doing that.

The tool was great for one thing, though. It always made a really 
tight bend where the wire came out of the tuning pin, and it saved my 
aching thumb. Especially for the big wire sizes in the deep bass, 
this really nice pain-free sharp bend at the becket was worth 
fiddling a little with the tool the rest of the time.

Susan Kline

At 03:29 AM 11/3/2007, Tim wrote:
>I had been using the same Insta-coiler for twenty years.  No 
>problems.  I got nervous that it showed signs of being worn so I 
>bought a new one to be safe.   Well, the new one's design was 
>changed.  It broke immediately.  The inner part was made and 
>designed differently.  So, I redesigned the inner part and had a 
>high tech machine shop make it.  The new design works perfectly as 
>does my twenty year old tool.  The new tool has a different design 
>somewhat than the old tool, but it is very smooth and makes great coils.
>
>If enough people are interested I can have more made.  The larger 
>the run the lower the cost.
>
>Tim Coates
>Wapin Company, LLP