List. I tuned a Kranish & Bach 5' Grand, 1918, last Saturday and was amazed at a terrible job of restringing another local technician (not a PTG member) did some 20 years back. The owners had no idea what they were looking at but here's what I saw. 1. The pins were too high above the plate. 2. The coils were not leveled AT ALL. 3. The becket was not pinched in to the pin leaving a very visable open loop before coming back to the pin on the first coil. 4. The strings were not spaced properly at all. I have read through my filed conversations between Roger Jolly, Ed Foote, Joe Garrett, Jim Bryant, Isaac Oleg, Ron Nossaman, Richard Brekne and Alan Barnard, on the subject of "String Settling" back on July 12 & 13, 2003. Joe Jarrett said that Jim Bryant gave him a coil setting tool, which I would assume would be used when restringing. Is a picture of this tool available? Main question: I've not tried to level coils 20 years after the piano was restrung. How is it done?. I do have the typical string leveling tool. This I didn't find in the discussions between these sage individuals. Regards, Gordon Holley Associate Member, Indiana Chapter 467
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