Horace -- Emailing you privately with details. Does anyone know if Joe Sciortino is still around? Might he be interested in the modifications? Thanks for your interest. -- Susan At 08:33 AM 3/4/97 -0700, you wrote: > >Susan, > >Is there any way your machinist would make some kind of "production run" of >rings, etc.? >If not, would it be possible for them to provide drawings/specs so that the >work my be done by someone else? > >Thanks, > >Horace > > >>>I recently purchase a Sciortion Insta*Coiler and had problems with it >>>snapping >>>the piano wire off at the becket. >>>>Are there any other points which need "machined" or should I just do >>>>some more >>>filing on the inside of the "coil hook". >> >>>Rolland Miller RPT >>>Miller Piano Service >>>Berea, Ohio >> >>Dear Rolland & List, >> >>I'm afraid I can't help with your problem, because my Sciortino tool never >>broke any wire at the becket. Perhaps your particular one has a >>manufacturing defect? >> >>However, I did make extensive alterations to my Sciortino coiler. I had >>trouble keeping it in adjustment, and kept tightening the handle over and >>over (the handle is threaded on the end, and its pressure against the main >>barrel is all that keeps the tool in proper adjustment.) >> >>I went to a machinist, who made me a new (untempered) ring, that has four >>threaded holes for the handle (90=BA apart), and is held on with an Allen >>screw. A flat was ground in the barrel so the screw wouldn't slip. This= way >>the handle doesn't hold the ring in place, and can be moved to different >>angles easily. Sometimes I don't even tighten the handle all the way, so= it >>can be removed easily, when the plate gets in the way after making a coil. >> >>I still plan one more alteration: I intend to shorten the handle, and= epoxy >>a short wooden covering on the end. That way it will collide with the= plate >>a lot less frequently, and will finish a lot more coils before it needs >>shifting. >> >>I was amazed the first time I used the tool at how tight the turn into the >>becket was. As I pulled the notes up the wire practically jumped into the >>hole. Some coils I squeezed with pliers after they had some tension on,= and >>the pitch didn't even change! And the wear and tear on my thumb it saved= in >>the low bass was worth the price of admission many times over. >> >>I hope some other people know what is wrong with your Sciortino >>Insta*Coiler. I'm sure you'll find it is worth working out. >> >>Susan Kline >>skline@proaxis.com >>P.O. Box 1651, >>Philomath, OR 97370 >>(541) 929-3971 > > > > >Horace Greeley hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu > >LiNCS voice: 725-4627 >Stanford University fax: 725-9942 > > > > Susan Kline=20 skline@proaxis.com P.O. Box 1651, Philomath, OR 97370 (541) 929-3971
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