Restringing just the bass

[Lance Lafargue]

Joe,
It goes easy.  Just use a very small pair of needle nose pliers.  I use my
regular sized ones to push the becket in tightly as I tighten the string. 
It is hard to do if you're trembling.
Lance Lafargue, RPT
New Orleans Chapter
Covington, LA.
lafargue@iamerica.net

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> From: Joe & Penny Goss <imatunr@primenet.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Restringing just the bass
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 10:12 AM
> 
> Jim,
> Is this what you mean?
> Cut a slot , from the tuning pin tip down to the pin hole so that the
> formed coil may be removed without uncoiling?  How difficult do you find
it
> to insert the uncoiled coil? "This causes me to tremble tremble tremble"
> and lose unnecessary blood.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> > JIM . Could you explain to me what is "one turn/dummy pin drill"? I
> > would like to know more about this. 
> 
>