Unique Tuning Pin Coils

[Farrell]

I'll take box #3: someone fresh out of the box. The tuning pins were at the
same (well, sorta similar) height as the neighboring pins. These were the
only two strings on the piano that were replaced. My guess is that someone
new to a tuning lever cranked a bit too much and snapped the strings and got
the opportuning to do his/her first string replacement! Too bad he/she
hadn't read the book on how to do it yet.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: Unique Tuning Pin Coils


> >But on
> >both strings, the coils that were on the forward pins, the coils were
wound
> >upward from the becket - yes, that's right, the coils are above the
becket -
>
> I've seen this when 1) the pin was loose in the block and driving it in
> deeper with the inverted coil got the guy out of the house, and 2) when
the
> counter bearing bar was so tall relative to the coil bottom that the
> strings on pins closest to the bar were climbing the coil and breaking,
and
> 3) from someone fresh out of the box who wasn't real sure how he got there
> in the first place.
>
>
> >That's all the fun for now! No to go with my son for his first time
playing
> >the clarinet in a high school marching band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    :-)
> >He is sooooooo cool!!!!!!!!!!!      :-)
> >
> >Terry Farrell
>
> Ooom-pa.
>
> Ron N