wire coming out of beckett

[John Ross]

Ric,
I don't understand your statement about me going overboard?
I said, that the extra bend had caused me to lose blood, I hadn't liked it,
and was just going to give it some more thought. Now, where am I going
overboard??

John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:25 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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