Stringing Faux Pas or Not Taught Anymore?

[Jude Reveley/Absolute Piano]

I should mention that I use a tool for making my beckets and German loops so 
the surgical gloves hold up well enough. I probably go through 4-6 sets of 
gloves just from handling the wire but they're dirt cheap. If I was making 
the beckets with my thumb like I used to, the gloves wouldn't last one 
string.

I'll have to try the Protek for cleaning.

Jude Reveley, RPT
Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC
Lowell, Massachusetts
(978) 323-4545

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Delacour" <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:54 PM
Subject: RE: Stringing Faux Pas or Not Taught Anymore?


> At 9:02 am -0700 8/8/07, David Love wrote:
>
>>Golf gloves work well especially for the left hand which also protects the 
>>thumb from wear and tear when winding coils and doesn't compromise 
>>dexterity.  When installing bass strings the simple rule is never touch 
>>the copper.  You can handle the strings from the bare wire portion.
>
> Yes.  When making and preparing bass strings I wear fairly tight fitting 
> kid gloves, which are excellent.  During the peparation of the steel 
> (eye-making etc.) I wear the gloves because it protects the hands and also 
> because I don't want the extra bother of cleaning up the eye windings on 
> the machine.  Once the steel is stretched on the machine I wipe it firmly 
> with a dry cotton cloth before winding on the cover.  I wear the gloves 
> all the time, so the copper is never touched by hand and the strings are 
> fed into their polythene sleeve before the gloves come off.
>
> It would be impossible to use surgical gloves or anything not made of 
> leather, since great friction is involved and the gloves would be cut 
> through within a second or two.  A pair of good gloves will last for 
> several weeks in heavy use and when they are worn through by the copper I 
> sometimes stick on a patch made from a worn-out glove, especially if I'm 
> feeling poor or can't find discounted gloves.  I was lucky recently to 
> find 14 pairs in the local bankrupt stock store and bought the lot for $6 
> per pair, but I'll be lucky to find them at that price again.
>
> People say they can't get on with gloves.  I say get some good suitable 
> gloves and bloody well learn to get on with them!
>
> JD
>
>
> -- 
> ______________________________________________________________________
>   Delacour Pianos  *  Silo  *  Deverel Farm  *  Milborne St. Andrew
>                      Dorset DT11 0HX  *  England
>                        Phone:  +44 1202 731031
>          Mobile: +44 7801 310 689   *   Fax: +44 870 705 3241 
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
>