wire coming out of beckett

[Farrell]

FWIW: I've seen a couple strings slip out of the becket. These are usually
on low end pianos where the wire clearly wasn't bent crisply out from the
becket when the string was installed. I've seen this on rebuilds also. It
happens.

I have not seen it where it was apparent that the coils were tightened
appropriately with the original string installation.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: wire coming out of beckett


> John
>
> Lets not go overboard here eh ??  I mean really.. how often has anyone
> run into the becket slipping out syndrome ?  Eh ?  I've been at this
> business for nigh on 30 years now, and I am probably one of 50,000 such
> techs that never saw a slipping Becket.  All on pianos that never have a
> hint of wire sticking out of the hole in the pin.  On the other hand, I
> have heard complaints about, and expericenced myself  getting a finger
> cut on those sharp edges when needs be I get my fingers in betwixt the
> pins for some or another reason in the course of a service appointment.
> Not to mention the overwhelming majority who just plain think it looks
> shoddy.
>
> Slippage just aint gonna happen unless somethings mighty wrong with the
pin.
>
> That little piece of wire sticking out is bad form at best in my book,
> and totally unnecessary to begin with. Its easy enough to get a nice
> tight level coil if thats without it, and actually... if level is a big
> priority for you.... easier.  Cant think of a single reason why I'd need
> to know which string I replaced last time, but if I do find something
> that makes good enough sense... keeping records is my option of choice.
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
>
>
> John Ross wrote:
>
> >Hi Ron,
> >Previous to your post, I had always thought the extra bend, a real pain,
> >when replacing a broken one.
> >I had always hated the extra bend on the Baldwins.
> >I also found that the extra bend resulted, in more of my blood being
> >spilled.
> >I will now reinvestigate my previous assumptions.
> >When I replace a string, I always indicate on my bill, which string was
> >replaced. It is a carry-over from the days when I used to repair
electronic
> >organs, if a note went after my repair, it was 'always', the one I had
just
> >repaired, that went again. So I had to be able to prove it wasn't.
> >On a piano, it is not as bad, because, you have new/shiny, versus old/not
> >shiny, in most cases.
> >
> >
> >
>
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