[pianotech] Best Coil Lifter?

[David Ilvedson]

OOOOO...I want one.

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "marcel lapointe" <angesgardiens at videotron.ca>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 1/10/2010 1:41:54 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Best Coil Lifter?


>The best one I have is this one , hand made for me by a young  new  
>piano tech  here in Quebec City: Steve St Onge.
>I think  André Bolduc is selling it.
>Marcel Lapointe


>Le 10-01-10 à 14:31, Amadeus Piano a écrit :

>> Can anyone recommend a coil lifter that fits well between all the  
>> tuning pins and that works well in general and is good and solid?
>>
>> I started with the Schaff #146 but the end broke and they replaced  
>> it with a #134, and the #134 is esp. difficult to get at the bottom  
>> of the coil when the pins are close.
>>
>> And I’ve had a bunch of tools break recently, all purchased in the  
>> last year.  My Mannino hook dropped, hit the floor and broke at the  
>> weld; my Sciortino Insta-coiler broke at the hook/tip while using;  
>> my looping machine arrived with a broken hook tip, and the coil  
>> lifter (146) broke while trying to tighten coils.  Schaff has been  
>> cool about it, replaced the insta-coiler, the hook for the looping  
>> machine, and the coil lifter, but now I’m a bit gun-shy with these  
>> tools—they seem to break so easily.
>>
>> Looking around I see what might be good choices, but I’d love to  
>> hear what others use, what fits between all the pins, and what will  
>> last for a long while.  The ones with the wood handles look like  
>> they might work well, e.g., the #CL-8 at pianotek or the #3151 at  
>> Schaff.  The #146 worked fairly well until the tip broke off so I’m  
>> looking for something sturdier.
>>
>> I just finished restringing a Chickering Quarter Grand where some of  
>> the pins are really tightly configured and I can't get to the bottom  
>> of some of the coils on the center tuning pins.
>>
>> Thanks, Gary
>>
>> AMADEUS PIANO
>> www.amadeuspiano.net