Bass string enlivening gadget

[JOHN ROSS]

I guess I am too thrifty, being a Scot, :-), and have been lucky enough not 
to have any noticeable damage to the strings occur.
I can see your point though.
Cheers,
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Bass string enlivening gadget


>I appreciate that, John, but with the system I
> mentioned no scraping of coils is induced. The string
> goes through the wheels in an S-curve, and rolls. Not
> scrapes. Particularly nice when dealing with
> fragile,small diamete strings!
>     Thump
>
>
> --- John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca> wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't bother.
>> Just get a piece of dowelling, or an old piece of
>> broom stick. Then with one end of the string loose,
>> make a loop, insert dowel, and run it up and down.
>> It moves the loop, and the windings 'twist', and the
>> tone is improved.
>> John M. Ross
>> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>> jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
>>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: Richard Morgan
>>   To: pianotech at ptg.org
>>   Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:27 PM
>>   Subject: Bass string enlivening gadget
>>
>>
>>   Recently someone posted this description of a tool
>> to enliven bass strings:
>>     Piece of 1" conduit, about a foot and a  half
>> long.
>>     Rubber caps on both ends. Drill through it 2 ,
>> 1/4"
>>     holes, a few inches apart. Mount sliding-door
>> track
>>     nylon wheels ( with bearings! ) from Lowe's,
>> Home
>>     Depot, etc..  Unhitch strings on one end, put
>> through
>>     wheels'  grooves in long "s" curve, push
>>     conduit-gadget back and forth, up and down
>> length of
>>     string.  Much less scary than scraping metal! No
>> loose
>>     windings. Nylon grooves on wheels protect
>> strings.
>>   I'm having trouble envisioning it enough to
>> construct it.  Might someone have a picture of such
>> a gadget?  I assume the wheels are mounted in the
>> 1/4" holes, and the wheels are in the same
>> plane--i.e. a straight line?  Actually, as I framed
>> the last question, I may have solved my dilemma, but
>> would still love to have confirmation from someone,
>> preferably including visual.
>>
>>   Thanks,
>>   Richard Morgan
>>
>>
>>
>>
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