string leveling

[Jon Page]

I use as spinet caster mounted into a pin block scrap. This is used as a lever
on another block and pressure is exerted upwards and the wheel rolls forwards.
Even the stringing hook is pulled towards the termination in an effort not
to make
a bend in the speaking length.  Every little bit helps.

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)

PS     yes the surface of the wheel is flat.
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At 04:23 PM 8/3/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I think Bill's right in saying the noises have a whole lot to do with the
>"straightness" of the strings coming out of the agraffs or off the v-bar. A
>wide radius bend out of the front string termination (whichever) means that
>the speaking length string segment is *longer* than the distance between the
>front and rear termination (bridge). This string will straighten out
>slightly in the initial attack, changing pitch differently than a straighter
>string in the same unison, and quickly blend back in as the wire stiffness
>overpowers the diminishing amplitude of the string excursion imparted by the
>hammer blow. The noises *are* worse on a hard blow than a soft one, no? I
>also wonder how much the permanent bend put in a wire when it's coiled for
>shipment contributes to this problem. Even under 160+ pounds of tension, I
>doubt that the most perfectly installed string you can find is really
>straight. Anyway, I'd say that lessening the radius of the string bends as
>they come out of the agraff/v-bar and bridge is as important as leveling at
>the hammer strike point. 
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> Ron Nossaman
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