We never use anything but a brass drift (6" x 1/4" or 3/16") to tap the becket home. Steel tools on piano wire just don't seem like a good idea if it can be avoided. And we urge our students, when putting the wire in the becket hole to allow only one diameter's worth of the wire to show on the other side; when the wire is bent onto the tuning pin, the wire will then pull back flush to the hole allowing the becket to act as the whole lever that it is supposed to be without protruding from the other side. Paul In a message dated 3/13/2009 5:33:26 P.M. Central Daylight Time, A440A at aol.com writes: Thumpe writes: << I have a VERY big, long set of needelnose pliers ( about 18" from end of handle to tip ) that are easier to get in between the pins than Vise-grips ( which I used up to this point ) and definitely give you all the leverage you need for nice, tight beckets. >> And while we are talking about beckets, how about a round of condemnation for the technique of sticking a bit of the wire out the opposite side of the tuning pin? There are a number of reasons not to, but I still see it happening a fair amount of the time. Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220439616x1201372437/aol?redir=http: %2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc% 3D668072%26hmpgID%3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220439616x1201372437/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090313/92906df5/attachment.html>
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