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                            Douglas Gregg &lt;classicpianodoc@gmail.com&gt;;                            <br>
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                            [pianotech] Cleaning Very Old Plate (now string cleaning)                            <br>
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                                        <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">Message: 1<BR>Thumpe,<BR>I straighten the coils for two reasons. One is that you usually have<BR>to fish the string back through an agraff when you put them back in<BR>and being straight helps. Once in a while a string breaks but that is<BR>one that would probably break anyway.<BR><BR>The other issue is safety. When you are forcing a bundle of strings in<BR>or out a pot with about 30 fish hook ends, it is possible&nbsp; to snag a<BR>finger. I had one go in one side and of a finger and out the other. I<BR>had to cut the string to get it off. Ouch. Fortunately it did not get<BR>infected and I had a recent tetanus shot. So I straighten the coils<BR>now.<BR><BR>Doug Gregg<BR>Classic Piano Doc<BR><BR><BR>Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 06:22:01 -0700 (PDT)<BR>From: Euphonious Thumpe &lt;<a ymailto="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com" href="javascript:return">lclgcnp@yahoo.com</a>&gt;<BR>To: "<a
 ymailto="mailto:johnparham@piano88.com" href="javascript:return">johnparham@piano88.com</a>" &lt;<a ymailto="mailto:johnparham@piano88.com" href="javascript:return">johnparham@piano88.com</a>&gt;,<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  "<a ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" href="javascript:return">pianotech@ptg.org</a>" &lt;<a ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" href="javascript:return">pianotech@ptg.org</a>&gt;<BR>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Cleaning Very Old Plate (now string cleaning)<BR>Message-ID:<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  &lt;<a ymailto="mailto:1337865721.4863.YahooMailMobile@web114718.mail.gq1.yahoo.com" href="javascript:return">1337865721.4863.YahooMailMobile@web114718.mail.gq1.yahoo.com</a>&gt;<BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR><BR>Why "straighten the coils&#39;? Would that not make them prone to<BR>breaking when put back in?<BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>URL: &lt;<a
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