<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-= 1"> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: center center; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; MARGI= N: 0px 10px 10px; COLOR: #000080; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: no-repeat; FONT-FAMI= LY: Times New Roman" text=#000080 vLink=#0000ff aLink=#0000ff link== #0000ff bgProperties=fixed bgColor=#92c1d3 background=cid:FEA91761-= 0432-403A-A433-BCA27FB46DF2 scroll=yes SIGCOLOR="0"> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100= %" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px= ; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; CURSOR: auto; PADDING-TOP: 0px" v= Align=top width="100%"> <DIV>Have you ever heard of using a hollow curtain rod? I read about it i= n the Arthur Reblitz book.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wayne Williams</DIV> <DIV>Schroon Lake, NY </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage><I>-------Original Message-------</I></D= IV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="m= ailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 07/09/05 15:= 24:10</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mai= lto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: Spine= t Bass String</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Go to your local auto parts store, and bu= y an appropriate length of brake line. It is fairly inexpensive. Feed the= string through it, leaving the eye out, and you can feed it down fairly = easily.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>If you drill a hole through it at the end= , and put a centre pin through, and CA/solder it in place. Then you can u= se it to feed behind the bass strings, to replace a broken string. </FONT= ></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>You separate the ends of the string, and = as you pull up, you can be sure of no twists in the string.</FONT></STRON= G></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I either got the idea at a convention cla= ss, or on this list.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>This proves that the list, and convention= s, can inform you of a better way to do a job. Saving you = a lot of frustration.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jr= piano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; rem_PADDIN= G-LEFT: 5px; rem_MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; rem_BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><= B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@t= ampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org h= ref="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 09, 2005 4:06= PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Spinet Bass String</D= IV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No need to remove action for bass string= replacement on any piano (including spinet).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I find that I need to remove the action = sometimes to replace a treble or upper tenor string when the bridge pins = and hitch pin is way up behind the action. I'll just bet that some resour= ceful techie out there routinely replaces these without removing the acti= on (or maybe most of you!). Care to share tips/techniques?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I remember when I first started tuning p= ianos, I found that on many pianos - especially spinets (and most especia= lly on those 1970s Baldwin spinets with the super-wide fallboard) - I had= to remove the fallboard to make enough room to put mutes into the string= s for tuning. Now, of course, I think about that and wonder what the heck= my problem ever was.......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; rem_PADDIN= G-LEFT: 5px; rem_MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; rem_BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>I will be practicing bass string replacement on a spinet (using univ= ersal strings).  Is it necessary to take the action out like I would= in a upright, or can I just go for it?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks!<BR><BR>Matthew</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></T= ABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN id=IncrediStamp><SPAN dir=ltr><A= href="http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=54475"><IMG alt="Add= FUN to your email - CLICK HERE!" hspace=0 src="http://www2.incredima= il.com/contents/stamps/imstp_emo_en.gif" align=baseline border=0></A>= </SPAN></SPAN></BODY></HTML>