Restringing the Middle section of Michael G's S&S 'A'

[Susan Kline]

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A pip is a small seed ("orange pip").

I assume you have the horn wedge in place before you start tensioning? Duct 
tape?

I usually neaten as I go -- not full tension, but enough to settle the 
coils into some decency. I hate the feeling that I have all those messy 
coils to deal with at once! That said, I admit that I'm quite slow at 
stringing, though I get where I'm going.

Do you put a half twist on the bass wire when installing? Lack of that 
might affect the liveliness of the tone, possibly more than the passage of 
time before installing. I wonder if the fellow who complained about tone 
tried going back and twisting the wire? There's that _very useful tool_ 
which takes the hitch pin loop and presses it down over the hitch pin.

Susan



At 03:32 PM 8/5/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>A pip is several thingys. If you part off a piece of work in a lathe, the 
>bit that remains on the piece is a "pip" which has to be removed. It is 
>also Sherlock Holmes Orange Pips" and any small thing that sticks out..... 
>(the mind boggles here. Susan and co look the other way) :-)
>BTW I now have all the metals on the S&S and am about to start on the 
>covereds. Then to gently tension it up...... time please.!
>Regards
>Michael G.(UK)
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:741662027@theshusters.org>Cy 
><mailto:741662027@theshusters.org>Shuster
>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech
>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 12:22 PM
>Subject: Re: Restringing the Middle section of Michael G's S&S 'A'
>
>Yes, but what's a "pip"? :-)  A small raised bump?  (Sherlock Holmes: "The 
>Three Orange Pips")
>
>--Cy--
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk>Michael Gamble
>To: <mailto:avery1@houston.rr.com>Avery Todd ; 
><mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.<mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>org
>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 3:11 AM
>Subject: Re: Restringing the Middle section of Michael G's S&S 'A'
>
>What you call the 'becket'. Something left over from a totally different 
>trade - that of roof tiling! Those little pips on  the underside of a 
>man-made tile to hang on the roofing laths.
>Michael G.(UK)

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