Thanks, having the stringer at its fullest extension makes perfect sense. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:02 PM Subject: Re: very strange tuning mechanism > >> Being a tech in the Boston area avails me to half a dozen or so Screw >> Stringers. They are very stable instruments, very easy to tune once you >> get a rhythm going . They were designed for A 435 but 440 is no problem. >> The one difficulty is when a string breaks. Replacing strings is not too >> easy. double as a let-off regulating tool in some grands. >> --------------------------- Any ideas to make string changing less of a >> chore would be appreciated. > > > What do the hitch loops look like? Aren't they individually tied? I > suspect they were strung from the top down, threading wire into the > stringer first and flattening, trimming, then, with the stringer in place > and at full extension, the wire is pulled down and bent around the hitch, > locating the loop position. > > Ron N >
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