beckets

[Stephen Airy]

What do I do in my piano when the end of the wire pushes against the
coils on the other side?  Do I use a coil lifter/dropper, or leave it, or
what?

http://pianoplayer.hey.nu/pianopics/tenorbeckets.jpg

----- Original message -----
From: "Dave Nereson" <davner@kaosol.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 01:42:19 -0600
Subject: beckets

<<I'd love to have someone show me how to tighten beckets. So far my
efforts
have produced no change in pitch--which I assume should be there.
Comments?>>

    Not much to show.  Where the wire enters the tuning pin, that
    right-angle bend should be against the pin, or as close to the pin as
    possible.  If it sticks out, squeeze it in with a pair of parallel
    pliers (needlenose will work also, but tend to slip).  Often the
    pitch will drop 20 cents, 50 cents, even more sometimes.  
    It's not really "tightening" the becket, it's just getting rid of
    some slack wire that has the potential of letting the string go flat. 
    If it's already squeezed in as far as it will go, then of course the
    pitch won't change.   
--David Nereson, RPT

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