Lewis,<div><br></div><div>No, it is not designed for restringing. It is designed to aid in single string replacements where the pin is still in the piano. It does a nice job, taking only slightly longer than doing it with the hand held coil maker and pin crank.</div> <div><br></div><div>;-]</div><div><br></div><div>I bought one when I was in a tool buying mood many years ago. A few months later, I got a hand held coiler and never looked back.</div><div><br></div><div>William R. Monroe</div> <div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:50 PM, lewis Newman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:musicbased@yahoo.co.uk">musicbased@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:tahoma,new york,times,serif"><div>Ok so seeing as i'm in tool buying mode, and i have 4 grands to string soon, including a Bluthner with all eyes, i'm thinking about getting the Sciortino insta coiler..Hoping it can save my hands from being totally destroyed!</div> <div><br></div><div>My questions are, is it designed to be used for a full re string, or just the occasional string replacement?</div><div>Is it worth getting??-Is anyone out there using this?</div><div><br></div><div>I see the hand held version is loads cheaper, but i guess that might be a bit fiddly to use?...</div> <div><br></div><div>I tried to search the archives, but all i could find was some argument about beckets from 1997!...</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Lewis.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div> </div> </div></blockquote></div><br><br> </div>