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In a message dated Sun, 4 Aug 2002 7:58:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, sckline@attbi.com writes:

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> 
> At 08:27 PM 8/4/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >David,
> >  You do have to cut for the exact size,with the wire laying beside 
> > you.But it is still a lot faster,and easier to keep up with,than having 
> > to get the can out every string,pull out the wire,and measure,and you 
> > will still end up measuring exactly anyway.That way when the pins,and 
> > wire run out,you know it's time to change size.We don't think of losing a 
> > minute here or there,but when you do it 200+ times it adds up.I was 
> > taught this way,and it seems I pick up,and put down tools less times this way.
> >Best,
> >Hazen Bannister
> 
> You know, I could imagine a simple fixture which might work quite well for 
> this. You take a rubbing, and tape the long tenor end to a cylinder, so 
> that the long tenor is parallel to the cylinder, and a foot or so away from 
> it. You drape the rubbing over a long narrow table, with the agraffe end 
> near a simple clamp which could hold wire, like a visegrip mounted to the 
> table. You put a big magic marker slash between the changes in size, and 
> mark the size numbers on the rubbing in big numbers. The film can stays on 
> a dowel on the far end, just beyond the rubbing. You grab the wire, pull it 
> to the agraffe end, clamp it with the vise grip, then take the cutters, 
> down at the film end, and clip just beyond the rubbed hitch pin. Actually, 
> you keep the cutters in your hand ... After the end of a size, you roll up 
> the rubbing a little way, change the film cans for the next size, and carry 
> on ... oh, one other thing you'd need -- a series of places, like maybe 
> narrow saw kerfs, to lay the wire on in order. with sizes 
> marked.
> 
> hmmmmmmmm
> 
> Susan

Dang, I LIKE it!!!!!!!!

David Koelzer
Vintage Pianos
DFW