Open-Face Pinblock & Stringing

[Farrell]

I have the coil tightening tool that has a weight on a shaft that you bang upwards. I've only restrung a couple pianos with it, but it seems as though the edges that should hook onto the coil have rounded off and each time you bang the weight, it just jumps off the coil. I likely bought mine from Schaff or APSCO. Is there a better quality one available?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: Open-Face Pinblock & Stringing


> Thats a good one Patrick ! 
> 
> You can also buy that coil tightening tool that has a weight on a shaft
> that you bang upwards. Sort of hammers the coils upwards. 
> 
> Similar to Patricks suggestion, I've seen people use rubber mutes
> between the use between the lifter you refer to and the surface.
> 
> Either way a really neat job with beckets all pointing the same way and
> all with 3.5 coils (or whatever you like) and all nice and tight takes a
> bit of care and time.
> 
> RicB
> 
> J Patrick Draine wrote:
> > 
> >
> > You can glue a piece of leather or buckskin on the underside of the
> > coil lifter to prevent scratching the plate or dinging the open-face
> > block's veneer.
> > 
> > Patrick
> > 
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