Hello Isaac, Thanks for the assistnce. I called Joe Goss and ordered the coil lifter/pin driver. Hopefully, after this revisiting of the subject and all of the contributions of the list members, I and some others that needed the help will be much better prepared. Many thanks, Gordon Holley, Goshen, Indiana On 5 Nov 2003 at 2:13, Isaac sur Noos wrote: > Micahel, others, > > The "pry tools are available at Jahnn, the best version , with a handle > allow you to make the lever on another tuning pin (round space for that in > the tool) . The other one have a spacer at one end, I guess it is not really > a "pry bar, but some kind of hook that go around the tuning pin, I am sure > you know that one (but it looks like a German tool to me). > > The coil lifter is a must you can work from above, or from under, ther is a > mobile mass that does the job (assuming the strings are not really too tight > on the pin, for the APSCO version of the tool I have) > > BTW Terry, do you have more than one tip on this tool (for smaller or > thicker tuning pins) ? > > Best regards. > > Isaac OLEG > > > Au service de la musique > > Isaac OLEG > accordeur - reparateur - concert PianoTech > 17 rue de Choisy > 94400 Vitry sur Seine > oleg-i@noos.fr tel: > fax: > mobile: 033 01 47 18 06 98 > 033 01 47 18 06 90 > 033 06 60 42 58 77 > > > > > > > > Powered by Plaxo Want a signature like this? > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la > part de Michael Gamble > Envoyé : mercredi 5 novembre 2003 01:08 > À : pianotech@ptg.org > Objet : Fw: Leveling Coils & Pinching Becket > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Farrell > To: Pianotech > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 5:21 PM > Subject: Re: Leveling Coils & Pinching Becket > > > Hello Gordon. Just a couple weeks ago I leveled coils on a piano the was > likely restrung a good 50 years ago - an 1880s Knabe square grand. First of > all, the Mother of All Coil Lifter from Joe Goss - picture below. I guess I > should have put something next to it for scale, but it is twice the size of > the junkers from Schaff and it has a hardened tip. No coil will be unlevel > as long as I have this tool! > > > > Please tell me how this tool works? You cinch the coils up from > underneath, so I can't guess at the action required. > > Below is a picture of the horrible coils I was facing. I was afraid to > even try and tune it because so many of the strings were already getting > mashed down into the plate. The root of the problem on this piano was that > the holes for the tuning pins were drill about 20 degrees off of vertical - > the coils will naturally go down unless someone is determined to force them > up - at least temporarily. > > > > How many of you noticed that the coils are the wrong way round? I once > came across a piano where a cowboy had replaced a couple of strings this > way. I didn't notice it until the pitch went down instead of up...! Then I > had to re string the affected parts. > > Actually, I did not use Joe's tool on this piano - I use his too for > perfecting the coils. On this horror project I used the little pry-bar type > coil lifter available from the supply houses. I just let tension down on the > strings enough so that the coil would lift via the pry tool. > > Can't get this "prytool" in UK > > Regarding the becket - just take a pair of pliers when you let the tension > down and squeeze them puppies. > > I use a pair of long duck-billed - it "gets in there!" > > Terry Farrell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gordon Holley" <gholley@hi-techhousing.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:05 AM > Subject: Leveling Coils & Pinching Becket > > Regards > Michael G (UK) >
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