<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <TITLE>Re: String Removal during Restring with Original Pins</TITLE> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px } DL { MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px } UL { MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px } OL { MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px } LI { MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=770593721-04102003>Please send a picture of your dummy pin. I = have been fighting with beckets for years and looking for and easy way to get the = coil off the dummy pin easily. Thanks</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=770593721-04102003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=770593721-04102003>Richard</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Bill Ballard<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 04, 2003 3:49 = PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: String Removal during Restring with = Original Pins<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV>At 9:07 AM -0400 10/4/03, Jon Page wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">Will you be using a dummy pin?  My = dummy pin has been cut off 1/4"</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">below the becket with a saw kerf up = into the hole. This allows the</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">coil to drop off the dummy without = having to expand the coil, that's</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">done to get it on. I don't use the = drop-off method on bass wire, it's</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">too stiff so it facilitates installing = the coil in the piano if the coil is</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">expanded initally to get it off the = dummy pin.</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I can't imagine doing this without a dummy pin, although my slot = runs down from the top to the becket hole. (It also drops into the 1.5" = dia. dowel handle I use for winding coils during a standard stringing.)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">Unless you are pulling the plate, = what's the point of comparing crown</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">strung and unstrung.</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>If I wanted to correct bearing I'd think all I'd need would be = the loaded bearing. I was attracted to the idea of completely unloading the board = because the bridge rise (observed by dial indicators hung from a beam across = the rim, and reading the bridge) would be a good measure of the resilience of = the board, and the next opportunity to measure it wouldn't happen for many = years.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Also the other argument for completely clearing all strings from = the bridge, would be that the judgement whether to resurface/renotch the = bridges needed to be done at the outset and based on seeing the whole picture. = As opposed to  getting through two or three wire sizes before = discovering (one wire size at a time) that in fact the stringing should have been = preceded by bridge repairs. The same goes for inspecting the capo bar.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Tone quality is not an issue here. The piano played an entire = month of chamber music this summer and was the favorite of two Ds on stage. It = just happens to pop strings.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">I assume this piano is in the = customer's home.</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Well sort of. It is his building but it's a 150-seat auditorium = he put up for this chamber music program http://www.yellowbarn.org/. The owner = is sitting in the front row (he's a micro-manager and I've gotten used to = him auditioning my tunings.)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>So I'm thinking I'll remove all strings at the outset.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Bill Ballard RPT<BR>NH Chapter, P.T.G.<BR><BR>"You'll make more = money selling my advice than following it"<BR>    = ...........Steve Forbes, quoting his father, Malcom</DIV> <DIV>+++++++++++++++++++++</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><IMG = src="cid:770593721@04102003-18a7"></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>