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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hello Gordon. Just a couple weeks ago I leveled =
coils on a
piano the was likely restrung a good 50 years ago - an 1880s Knabe =
square grand.
First of all, the Mother of All Coil Lifter from Joe Goss - picture =
below. I
guess I should have put something next to it for scale, but it is twice =
the size
of the junkers from Schaff and it has a hardened tip. No coil will be =
unlevel as
long as I have this tool!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Below is a picture of the horrible coils I was =
facing. I
was afraid to even try and tune it because so many of the strings were =
already
getting mashed down into the plate. The root of the problem on this =
piano was
that the holes for the tuning pins were drill about 20 degrees off of =
vertical -
the coils will naturally go down unless someone is determined to force =
them up -
at least temporarily.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Actually, I did not use Joe's tool on this piano =
- I use
his too for perfecting the coils. On this horror project I used the =
little
pry-bar type coil lifter available from the supply houses. I just =
let
tension down on the strings enough so that the coil would lift via the =
pry tool.
Then I tightened the strings back up and tuned. Oh, and I also pounded =
the pins
in more as they were too high to start with and many of the pins were =
too loose
to hold pitch. I also CAed the pins (you can likely see some of my CA =
mess on
the plate and pins - hey, at least the darn thing is toonable
now!).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Regarding the becket - just take a pair of =
pliers when you
let the tension down and squeeze them puppies. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>What else can I tell ya? Hope this =
helps.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Gordon Holley" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:05
AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Leveling Coils & Pinching
Becket</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT =
face=Arial
size=2>> List. I tuned a Kranish & Bach 5' Grand, 1918, =
last
Saturday and was <BR>> amazed at a terrible job of restringing =
another local
technician (not <BR>> a PTG member) did some 20 years back. The =
owners
had no idea what <BR>> they were looking at but here's what I =
saw.<BR>>
<BR>> 1. The pins were too high above the plate.<BR>> 2. The coils =
were
not leveled AT ALL.<BR>> 3. The becket was not pinched in to the pin =
leaving
a very visable <BR>> open loop before =
coming
back to the pin on the first coil.<BR>> 4. The strings were not =
spaced
properly at all. <BR>> <BR>> I have read through my filed =
conversations
between Roger Jolly, Ed <BR>> Foote, Joe Garrett, Jim Bryant, Isaac =
Oleg, Ron
Nossaman, Richard <BR>> Brekne and Alan Barnard, on the subject of =
"String
Settling" back on <BR>> July 12 & 13, 2003.<BR>> <BR>> Joe =
Jarrett
said that Jim Bryant gave him a coil setting tool, which <BR>> I =
would assume
would be used when restringing. Is a picture of this <BR>> tool =
available?<BR>> <BR>> Main question: I've not tried to level =
coils
20 years after the <BR>> piano was restrung. How is it =
done?. I
do have the typical string <BR>> leveling tool. This I didn't =
find in
the discussions between these <BR>> sage individuals.<BR>> =
<BR>>
Regards, <BR>> Gordon Holley<BR>> Associate Member, Indiana =
Chapter
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