<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> Hi Avery.  Plum Pianos is in LaGrange.  Remember…the chicken house discussion?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Mike is doing some great restoration work out there.  You should stop by some time.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Have a good one!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Michelle<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Avery Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:15 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: Stringing jig<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> Is this in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Houston</st1:place></st1:City>? Avery At 07:01 AM 5/3/2007, you wrote: <o:p></o:p> Michelle, Call Mike White at Plum Pianos and see if he has some waste pinblock material of the right size, and ask him to drill the holes.  With Paul's instructions, sounds like you could make a killer jig!  The next time I go through there, I think I'll ask him (or probably Markus, who is more likely to be there!) for some spare pinblock.   Richard ----- Original Message ---- From: PAULREVENKOJONES <paulrevenkojones@aol.com> To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName> <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2007 10:58:46 PM Subject: Re: Stringing jig Michelle:   Here at the school I made 6 jigs in about an hour for our students from pieces of pinblock material, 8" x 24" with a tuning pin toward one end as the hitch (anything else would pull out and it just means that you have to make your single-loop bigger to adapt, not a bad attitude to have), and two pins offset toward the front. In between, I created a large half-round from a 1 1/2" dowel for a bearing surface at the front, and a smaller half-round from a 3/4" dowel as a rear bearing surface. There are no agraffes, but it's plenty like a stringing reality to get the job done; splicing in the non-speaking length is just as tricky. The jigs are clamped flat to mimic grands, and double-clamped vertically to mimic uprights so that students get to figure out the differences between wirebend strategies for the two. If you want a picture let me know.   Paul             "If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie)     In a message dated 05/02/07 18:19:39 Central Daylight Time, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">michelle@smithpianoservice.com</st1:PersonName> writes:<o:p></o:p> Hi all.  Does anyone have a stringing jig they would like to sell for not-too-much money?  I need to start thinking about the PTG technical exam.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Thanks!<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Michelle Smith<o:p></o:p> Smith Piano Service<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bastrop</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p> (512) 466-0238<o:p></o:p> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">michelle@smithpianoservice.com</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p>   Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48245/*http:/autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html;_ylc=X3oDMTE1YW1jcXJ2BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDbmV3LWNhcnM-">new cars at Yahoo! Autos.</a> <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>