Strate Mate...was Remedial string leveling

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David writes:

<< At exactly what stage in the chipping &  initial tuning 
stages do users employ Strate-Mate?  i.e. after some initial time with 
piano at 440?  >>

      I use it after everything else is done to the wire and the piano has 
time to sit as long as possible.  Since the bend that this tool makes is distal 
to the the agraffe or capo,  any slack that later arrives from  "down stream" 
at the bridge or hitch pin,  is going to allow the bend to move under the 
termination, thus effectively undoing the bend.  This might be useful in relaxing 
the bend on both sides of the capo, but it makes more work later when you have 
to straighten everything again! 
Regards,  
Ed Foote RPT 
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html