stringing

[Farrell]

This is an interesting thread and I am interested in speeding up my stringing time (not speeding up the time until which I will be strung up!). Exactly what do you do with your can of string during this process. I just envision juggling the can of string, wishing I had three hands, dropping things - top comes off, etc. Maybe it's just not the hassle I am imagining. What are your string can handling techniques? Thanks.

Terry Farrell
  
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From: <Kdivad@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: stringing


> In a message dated Mon, 5 Aug 2002 7:00:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, ilvey@sbcglobal.net writes:
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> > Please tell me how you could do it with one cut.  Yes, there are 3 cuts, but the first one is quick and dirty.
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> > David I.
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> David, I make no first cut, I just pull the wire out of the can thread through agraffe and insert it in pin hole and spin three coils, insert pin in block and drive (no measuring).  Next I pull wire through bridge, around hitch pin, through bridge across next pin head, measure distance and cut, no waste.  One cut two pins.  My old technique was to slip the end of the wire from the can into an empty pin hole but Ron Nossmans technique of inserting the wire into the next agraffe hole and winding two pins at once (eliminating changing tools) is my new technique.  Thanks Ron!
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> David Koelzer
> Vintage Pianos
> DFW