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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Barbara,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The older piano is much harder to =
level.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My tool can be used as a pry tool using =
the agraffe
as a pivot point point. I do not sell it as such due to the possibility =
of
breaking agraffs and the fact that it can no longer be taken apart for =
compact
storage once the wire has been bent.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also you might try the two fisted-brace =
your elbows
on the stretcher approach <G></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sort of like doing curls with =
weights.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=piano57@insightbb.com =
href="mailto:piano57@insightbb.com">Barbara
Richmond</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 14, 2005 =
7:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Remedial String =
Leveling</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OK folks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've been amazed when =
I've read on this
list that string leveling in grands is so simple and takes so little
time. I know I read it--it made a big impression on me. =
Well, it
takes me a long time and it's work! I push from below, =
I pull
from above. I guess my results are OK, but sometimes I can't get =
them
perfect and give up. My best tool for pulling up is a dowel =
with a
hole drilled through with heavy piano wire threaded through and =
made into
a hook. I read the archives about how great the string hook Don =
Mannino
uses, <that I have> and how well it works for other
people. If I could sing, I'd break out into a soulful =
rendition of
Gershwin's "But Not for Me." :-[ =
</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I brace my arms on the piano, =
and pull with
both hands. I'm always thrilled when pushing from underneath and =
the
tool slips and I smash my thumb on the plate or pinblock or
whatever.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there a secret or am I just a =
weakling (and a
short one at that)? Is it more difficult to level the strings in =
a piano
whose strings are 10 or more years old? So, what are the best =
techniques
or tools? Somehow I've missed out on this =
information. It
won't be the first time something obvious has gotten past me. No =
need
to get into how to tell the things are level, that's no problem =
and there
was just a thread about that if I remember correctly (and I've got =
that tool,
too).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara (I am frustrated over =
this and my
thumb hurts) Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV>
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