wire coming out of beckett

[Richard Brekne]

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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