String rollers

[jolly roger]

Hi Brian,
              Rubbing with a hammer shank at the angle of the bridge pin to
seat the string, rubbing out the back scale, and rubbing up from the
underside of the forward temination points.   Works for me.  I like to have
the piano about 25 cents sharp before I do this.  I also string and seat
all treble wire before stringing the bass,  that way i can get at the plain
wire without the wound strings getting in the way.   Bass strings I only
over pull 10 cents tops.
Like you say easy does it.  Gently rubbing close to the termination points
saves quite a bit on string levelling.
Regards Roger



At 10:30 AM 10/4/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I've never had a "roller".  What I normally do,
>after the fresh strings are pulled up to pitch,
>is to take a stick of maple, nothing special,
>maybe somewhere between 1/2" and 3/4" square and
>with moderate downward pressure, rub the strings.
> I don't go nuts and stand on them, but just a
>few strokes with moderate downward pressure will
>find that string stretching out nicely.  YOU
>CAN'T DO THAT ON THE BASS STRINGS!!!!!!!  (Just
>thought maybe I should add that for those who
>wouldn't know any better.)
>
>And, of course, I do many of the other things
>suggested already, such as bending the strings
>around the hitch pins, bridge pins, making sure
>they're sitting properly at the bearing points,
>etc...
>
>Just my $0.02
>
>Brian T.
>
>
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>Brian Trout
>Grand Restorations
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