[pianotech] bass strings installation

[Paul T Williams]

I always have the lid off!  I also start at #1 so there's room to easily 
get the coil nice and tight., plus it gets the hardest one out of the way 
from the start.  Good point on doing 3 or 4 at a time.  I'll try that this 
summer.  I do get weary of walking back and forth many times...

Paul




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Marcel -
You must be in great shape though, depending, of course, upon the size of 
the piano.  It would be much easier, faster, and possibly economical if 
you could employ an assistant on the other end.  Otherwise, it would help 
if you have the lid off (and good light), no obstacles / trip hazards 
between one end of the piano and the other, and remove any belt buckles or 
other paraphernalia (chains, knives, holsters, naval rings, etc.) that 
could scratch the piano as you run by, and a way of conveniently 
suspending the waiting strings so you don't have to bend down to the floor 
to retrieve each one.  The rhythm will begin to take over.  I can't see a 
pleasant outcome in having all the wires protruding through the agraffes 
to start. 

bon chance -

David Skolnik
Hastings on Hudson, NY

At 10:57 AM 4/23/2009, you wrote:
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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