<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Oh, yeah, Terry. I totally forgot about this one. Yeah, it's thankfully been a while since I had to use a universal. ;-) JF <blockquote cite="mid001401c6fda9$36095740$0201a8c0@DESKTOP" type="cite"> <div> </div> <div>John's method may work fine - I've never tried it, but I will next time. What I do is apply vice grips like I described above (not so tight as to deform the copper windings), unwind the few inches like John said. But then I pull the copper winding straight off the string - straight out parallel and on the same line as the core. If you play around with this a few times, suddenly you will find that you can induce this totally funky revolving motion of the core (it looks like an airplane propeller in motion in the shape of a cone) that increases as you pull harder but it lets the copper unwind extremely easy. I know I'm not describing the motion well - it's something that you have to experience before you know what I am talking about. But it makes using universals fun - it's a game I play when I use them. I know I'm making no sense - but try it - just pull straight out when you have thin copper windings - the core will automatically go into this funky motion - it's a hoot!</div> <div> </div> <div>FWIW</div> <div> </div> <div>Terry Farrell</div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">From: <a title="michelle@cdaustin.com" href="mailto:michelle@cdaustin.com">Michelle Smith</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">To: <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 9:43 PM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">Subject: RE: Universal Bass String question</div> <div> </div> <div class="Section1"> Thanks for the info John.  I guess I’m going to have to grow some more muscles and get after it.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Happy Halloween!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Michelle Smith<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <hr tabindex="-1" align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </div> From: <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of John M. Formsma Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:41 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: Universal Bass String question<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> #5 is a big one, isn't it? I don't know of a way to do it fast except to unwind it quicker. :) Sometimes holding it with a pliers helps to keep the string stationary while you unwind the excess (Use the pliers above the place where it will break off.) On the ones with the smaller copper winding, I hold the replacement string loosely in the left hand, unwind 3-4 inches of the winding, then it's pretty quick unwinding by pulling with the right hand. (The string in the left hand rotates as the winding comes off - that's why you hold it loosely.) JF Michelle Smith wrote: <o:p></o:p> <U1:SMARTTAGTYPE name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><U1:SMARTTAGTYPE name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><U1:SMARTTAGTYPE name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><U1:SMARTTAGTYPE name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></U1:SMARTTAGTYPE></U1:SMARTTAGTYPE></U1:SMARTTAGTYPE></U1:SMARTTAGTYPE>Hi all.  Yet another newbie question.<U1:P></U1:P><o:p></o:p> <U1:P> </U1:P><o:p></o:p> Does anyone have an easy/quick way to remove copper winding from universal bass strings?  I’m practicing on an old spinet here at the house and while I did cut some of the string off (winding and core), I still had to work for quite a while to get down to where I needed to be with the winding. (I was working with a #5 string.) Thanks in advance.<U1:P></U1:P><o:p></o:p> <U1:P> </U1:P><o:p></o:p> Michelle Smith<U1:P></U1:P><o:p></o:p> Smith Piano Service<U1:P></U1:P><o:p></o:p> <st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bastrop</st1:City></st1:place>, <st1:State u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:State></st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <U1:P></U1:P> (512) 466-0238<U1:P></U1:P><o:p></o:p> <st1:PersonName u2:st="on"><a href="mailto:michelle@cdaustin.com">michelle@cdaustin.com</a></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p> <U1:P></U1:P> <U1:P> </U1:P><o:p></o:p> <U1:P> </U1:P><o:p></o:p> <U1:P> </U1:P><o:p></o:p> </div> </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>