DUMMY PIN

[Lance Lafargue]

Sound like a home-made Scortino coil maker.  Good idea.
Lance Lafargue, RPT
New Orleans Chapter
Covington, LA.
lafargue@iamerica.net

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> From: Carl Root <rootfamily@erols.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: DUMMY PIN
> Date: Friday, June 12, 1998 7:23 AM
> 
> The dummy pin is one part of a three-part tool system.  In addition to
> the crank and pin, you need a short section of a 1" dowel with a 3/8"
> hole drilled through the center (along the endgrain).  Next to the hole,
> drill a smaller hole and screw in a brass oval head screw not quite
> flush.  The dummy pin goes in the hole; the string rides against the
> screw snuggly between the top of the dowel and the underside of the
> screw head.  This system makes perfect coils quickly.
> 
> Using a full length dummy pin is possible with agraffes if you turn the
> assembly sideways, but I think a shorter dummy pin and dowel assembly
> would be an improvement.
> 
> Carl
>