Stringing tool

[John Ross]

Don't forget the auto parts store, and a $3 length of brake line. It may be a little bit more, but you just pick the length you want, and cut off the end. Drill a hole through, and rivet or epoxy in a centre pin, to separate the ends, so you don't get a twist.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Leslie Bartlett 
  To: 'Pianotech List' 
  Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 11:15 PM
  Subject: RE: Stringing tool


  Also works using an old curtain rod.
  les bartlett


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  From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of PIANOTECHNICIAN at aol.com
  Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 9:02 PM
  To: pianotech at ptg.org
  Subject: Stringing tool


  After much struggling throughout the years, I devised a tool that helps infinitely in the replacing of a treble string. After devising this tool, I saw that Pianotek Supply Company also has such a tool and bought one, but mine is easier to work with because it's thinner and more versatile. I'm sure many technicians have devised this type of tool out of necessity. It consists of two very thin brass tubes, about 1/8" in diameter,connected to each other side by side either by epoxy, or duct tape, or whatever you can think of. After making the hitch pin bend in the middle of the wire, you simply insert the ends of the new wire into each tube, push the wire all the way through, and the tubes keep the wires nice and straight and compact as you feed the gadget down towards the hitch pin. In the upright, pull the action back after removing the action bolts. Clamp the bend onto the hitch pin, slowly remove the gadget, and you've saved yourself a nice headache.

  Jesse Gitnik
  NYC
  Technician since 1980


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