Bass string enlivening gadget

[gordon stelter]

Alan: that's why you loosen them just a bit, then yank
them taut & repeat until you get enough slack to get
the loops off the  hitch pins.
     Thump


--- Joe And Penny Goss <imatunr at srvinet.com> wrote:

> RE: Bass string enlivening gadgetHi,
> Do you like the idea of oils on the tuning pin  !?
> Respectfully not i.
> Joe Goss RPT
> Mother Goose Tools
> imatunr at srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Alan Barnard 
>   To: pianotech at ptg.org 
>   Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:48 PM
>   Subject: RE: Bass string enlivening gadget
> 
> 
>   Wow. That makes some sense. I assume, when you say
> "vertically" you are envisioning a grand so that
> with an upright you'd be pulling it toward you. Yes?
> 
> 
>     
>   I think a judicious drop of CLP on the coil and at
> the pressure points (agraffs, capo, v-bar, pins,
> etc.) is also a good idea. 
> 
>   Alan Barnard
>   Salem, MO
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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>   Original message
>   From: "Dean May"  
>   To: "Pianotech List"  
>   Received: 5/15/2007 4:53:03 PM
>   Subject: RE: Bass string enlivening gadget
> 
> 
>   Someone (I wish I could give proper credit) posted
> a genius solution to the problem of bass strings
> breaking when detuning some time ago. Grab the wire
> close to the middle and pull vertically as you
> loosen the pin. This keeps the coils tight and
> stress off the becket.
> 
> 
> 
>   Dean 
> 
>   Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 
> 
>   PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 
> 
>   Terre Haute IN  47802
> 
> 
>
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> 
>   From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Alan
> Barnard
>   Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 2:51 PM
>   To: pianotech at ptg.org
>   Subject: Re: Bass string enlivening gadget
> 
> 
> 
>   What always bothers me about this is that old
> tubby strings also tend to break at the becket when
> you detune to loosen the string! I do not enjoy
> trying to splice big ol' bass strings! I have had
> some success loosening the string only somewhat then
> banging the heck out of it either by loudly playing
> the "note" or tapping the string with tuning hammer
> or other tool.
> 
>   Alan Barnard
>   Salem, MO
> 



       
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