<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o xmlns:st1><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2737.800" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  /l\</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  /l\</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><U>_</U><U>/l\_</U></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>*    *</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ed440@mindspring.com href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 09, = 2005 2:00 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Large wire spool?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Jim-</DIV> <DIV>Are these large rolls on spools, or are they just large coils = held together with wire twists?</DIV> <DIV>When I ordered Pure Sound it was just in large coils, not on spools.</DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV>Ed S.<BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Jim Busby <JIM_BUSBY@BYU.EDU><BR>Sent: Nov 8, 2005 11:08 PM <BR>To: College and University Technicians <CAUT@PTG.ORG><BR>Subject: [CAUT] Large wire = spool? <BR><BR></DIV><ZZZHTML = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMET= A http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"><ZZZMETA content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)" = name="Generator"><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><ZZZ!--[IF !mso]> <STYLE>st1\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#ieooui) } </STYLE> <ZZZ![ENDIF]--> <STYLE> <ZZZ!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:ZZZlink, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </STYLE> </ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY lang=EN-US link="blue" vlink="purple"> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">List,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jim Busby</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> = BYU<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></ZZZBODY></= ZZZHTML></BODY></HTML>