---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Thanks David. I read that in another post. I'll try it. I was always afraid= =20 it would grab somehow and unwind the coil. Since I use an air impact gun it= =20 comes out pretty fast. I didn't want any damage. I never liked the drill=20 idea as it seems rather hard on the wrist. Greg Newell At 10:48 PM 7/27/2003, you wrote: >Greg: > >After you cut the becket, just back the pin out with a heavy duty reverse >drill and lift the pin out from the coil. Don't try and pull the coil over >the pin. > >David Love >davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> > > To: <phil@philbondi.com>; Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Date: 7/27/2003 7:05:24 PM > > Subject: RE: The Right Tool for the Right Job Revisited > > > > > > Yes, This works for me as well but the trouble I have is when the small > > piece of becket string creeps out of the hole just enough to prevent the > > coil from slipping off over the pin. ARRGGGGHH!!! Then I pay my kid to > > pluck them all out with either a magnate or needle nose pliers or > > something. Then I can pull them off easily, cut the wire where needed to > > pull through the agraffes and I'm home free! Still would like to find >some > > way to avoid problems with that 1/4" long piece of string though. > > BTW, if it helps anyone else, I don't pay my kids an allowance. Instead= I > > pay them for their labor, of which there is plenty if they choose to do >it, > > and it is therefore a tax deduction. I pay them well enough for them to >buy > > a great deal of their own needs like clothing and school supplies and >such. > > Of course dad kicks in what they don't have money for and I assure that > > they have some spending money of their own too. This is just a paper >trail > > to help the ever present tax burden we all suffer. I once heard, "It's >not > > how much you make, but rather, how much you get to KEEP!" FWIW > > > > Greg Newell > > > > > > At 02:06 PM 7/27/2003, you wrote: > > > > >David..if I may: > > > > > > > I take the tension down > > > > > >..a quarter turn..if that. > > > > > > >use a becket breaker to shear off > > > > the becket, and then back the pins out through the coil. Cut > > > > the wire at the agraffes to remove the tenor and bass and > > > > slip the treble wire through the capo bar. > > > > It goes pretty quickly with not popping wire or stress on the > > > > wrists. > > > > > > >This is my method with one exception: > > > > > >I like padding down the tail end of the case with 1.5" pipe insulation > > >along the top and moving blankets on the inside..and NOT let the= tension > > >down on the bass strings...use the becket breaker with full tension on > > >the bass wire and watch them fly. > > > > > >..it's fun! > > > > > >Phil Bondi(FL) > > >phil@philbondi.com > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > Greg Newell > > Greg's piano Fort=E9 > > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Fort=E9 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net=20 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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