<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: String Removal during Restring with Original = Pins</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } DL { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } UL { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } OL { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } LI { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Richard,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are on the third proto type of a = simple coil becket tool.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One end works great and the other end = needs some more modificatrion.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rstrang@pa.inter.net = href="mailto:rstrang@pa.inter.net">Richard Strang</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 04, = 2003 3:39 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: String Removal = during Restring with Original Pins</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff 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 face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=770593721-04102003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=770593721-04102003>Richard</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [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:002e01c38ac6$349f03e0$f137bbd0@setup00"></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></B= LOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>