[pianotech] bass strings installation

[David Love]

Just do 2 or 4 at a time to save walking around the piano.  More than that
and it's too many wires sticking out all over the place to keep track of
plus it's easy to get them crossed.   Have some small spring clamps to keep
them on the hitch pins and put the twist in by turning the tuning pin before
you pound it rather than unhitching the loop and twisting.

 

David Love

www.davidlovepianos.com

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Marcel Carey
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:57 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: [pianotech] bass strings installation

 

I'm looking to improve (save time) on my bass strings installation and would
like to know how some of you guys proceed. Since I do this alone, there
seems to be a lot of my time walking around the piano to hitch one string,
cut it to lenght, pass it through agraffe, coil it and insert the pin. Do
some of you atart by inserting all strings in the agraffes and then walk
around the piano to hitch all the strings and then coil and pin? Or do you
hitch all strings and use some kind of weight to keep them in place while
you install?
After all these years I might get better at this.
 
Thanks,
 
Marcel Carey
Sherbrooke, QC

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