[pianotech] Replacing bass string and retaining the original tuning pins

[AlliedPianoCraft]

Thanks Dale & Paul,

Dale, always good to hear from you and always good advice. Paul, I like your 
idea. A good compromise between what I wanted to do and Dales point. A 
little easier to get out of the hole, but enough to get it ready for the 
hole in the other pin.

Al Guecia

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From: "Paul McCloud" <pmc033 at earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 8:59 AM
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Replacing bass string and retaining the 
originaltuningpins

> Hi, Al:
> What I do is to use a coiler and crank with a dummy pin which has been cut
> with a hacksaw.  My pin isn't shortened by cutting in half, since the
> coiler indexes from the end of the pin.  I cut a slot in the pin so that
> the becket hole is intersected with a 45 degree cut towards the tip of the
> pin.  That way, the wire can escape from the becket without having to be
> fully pried out of the becket hole.  I do have to pry it out partway, but
> then it enters the slot so that I can remove the dummy pin by giving it a
> twist as I remove it.
> I'm sure others have their own dummy pin design, and they'll post it for
> you.
> Paul McCloud
> San Diego
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: AlliedPianoCraft <AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com>
>> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Date: 11/06/2008 4:26:48 AM
>> Subject: [pianotech] Replacing bass string and retaining the original
> tuningpins
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am replacing a set bass string and retaining the original tuning pins
> so
>> that all the tuning pins look alike. The tuning pins are good and snug in
>> the pinblock.
>>
>> When I do one or two, I use an old tuning pin to make the coil. I then
> pull
>> the becket out with a tool I made from a screwdriver and slide the coil
> onto
>> the tuning pin in the piano. It would be time consuming doing it this way
>> for a whole set. I don't want to reinvent the wheel here, so here is my
>> question.
>>
>> I would like to alter a tuning pin to make the coil so that I can slide
> it
>> out from the tuning pin rather than pulling the becket out from the hole.
> I
>> thought about cutting off the bottom of the tuning pin, then cutting a
> slot
>> down to the hole. I don't know if the wire would stay in place as I start
> to
>> wind the coil. Has anyone made one of these? If so can you send a photo
> or
>> describe how you did this.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Al Guecia
>>
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