stringing

[Jon Page]

At 08:14 PM 8/4/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>If you want to use a measuring device, Jon Page sent me a very neat one 
>which he devised and built. You run the wire through it (from the side, 
>easily) and butt one end up against the pin, cutting at the other. Looks 
>like it would be very easy to end up with uniform coils.
>Susan

Right you are Susan <g>.  The Becket Tool is a handy gage for cutting the 
wire. The beckets line up with a mechanical precision.
I can send an image file of the tool and info on its dimensions if you 
click on the <mailto> in the sig file.

As far as knowing when to change wire size during the stringing frenzy... a 
piece of masking tape covering the hole at the increase.


Regards,

Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
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