wire coming out of beckett

[John Ross]

Hi,
I have rethought putting the wire through the beckett and bending it. I am
not going to put in the extra bend.
I used to curse the Baldwins that had it. When a string broke, I was
guaranteed, to have my blood showing.
Thinking back to '75, when I started, I can only think of a couple of times
a beckett slipped, and that was on a new piano, where not enough length was
in the hole. If the wire is bent at right angles, and goes fully through the
hole, I have never had one slip.
I think the reason that Baldwin had for doing it, was that the wires were
pre-cut, so it was a manufacturing choice for speed, not to make sure it
didn't slip.
Regards,

John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: wire coming out of beckett


>
> >Ron, So with that logical reasoning, would you not add the double to the
> >Baldwin?
> >Joe Goss
>
> Hi Joe,
> I would anyway, for the other reasons, and take my chances. The percentage
> of replaced broken strings that already have the "lock" bend is low, so
> it's an acceptable risk. I'm still ahead in the long run.
>
> Ron N
>
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