Upright Stringing - Pressure Bar

[Roger Jolly]

Hi terry,
               Chip to a full tone below pitch then install and, 
tighten  the pressure bar down.  Change any bent screws.
Works fairy well for me.  The coils will stay tight, and usually the string 
spacing is better.
Regards Roger



At 07:23 AM 6/13/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>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?
>
>Terry Farrell
>
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