Upright Stringing - Pressure Bar

[Farrell]

Conrad wrote:
> Also, make sure the pressure bar screws are between the right strings and 
> none of them are crossed..

That is largely where my question was coming from - I find it easy to imagine having to loosen the strings quite a bit to get the pressure bar down into position and this pile of spagetti-like piano strings tangling about trying to get screws in correct position, etc.

But I think the process perhaps should be to install strings with sufficient tension to get them to lay more-or-less in position, put on pressure bars and screws, tighten pressure bar screws to target position, loosening strings a bit if needed.

Terry Farrell 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 7:59 AM
Subject: RE: Upright Stringing - Pressure Bar


> Terry,
> 
> 
> >I will be stringing an upright in the next few days. I have the pressure 
> >bars off. Seems to me that it would be a lot easier to string up the plain 
> >wire section, leaving the tension fairly loose, and installing the 
> >pressure bars after the strings are on - would be much less restrictive 
> >than dealing with the short segment of wire protruding from under the bars 
> >if they were installed before hand. What do others do? Which way works best?
> 
> At 13:37 6/13/2003 +0200, you wrote:
> >of course you are right.
> >
> >If you can find a pneumatic racket wrench you can use it to coil the
> >tuning pins in the block (as done in some factories) before inserting
> >them with the palm nailer.
> >Isaac OLEG
> 
> 
> Also, make sure the pressure bar screws are between the right strings and 
> none of them are crossed..
> DAMHIK...;-{
> 
> 
> 
> Conrad Hoffsommer, Decorah, IA
> 
> If nobody knows the troubles you've seen, then you don't live in a small town.
> 
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