wire coming out of beckett

[Ron Nossaman]

>I have rethought putting the wire through the beckett and bending it. I am
>not going to put in the extra bend.

Most folks don't, and I didn't either for a number of years.


>I used to curse the Baldwins that had it. When a string broke, I was
>guaranteed, to have my blood showing.

Likewise. How many of your own replacement strings have broken and needed 
to be replaced?


>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 haven't seen all that many either. The other reasons I listed are the my 
main reasons for taking this approach.


>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

According to Baldwin folks I've talked to, that's correct. I'm not trying 
to convert anyone here. I've just offered the reasons that I do it. No two 
techs on the planet live in the same world, so there are going to be 
different priorities, dictating different approaches.

Ron N