<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Terry, no words of = great wisdom here, ( I don't have too many, anyway, just more useless witticisms) = but, is it really that hard to remove the kneeboard, disconnect the pedals, and = pull the action?  Oh, WAIT! It's a spinet? That changes = everything.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I got this neat tool = from Pianotek called the " Stringer". It's a long tube inside of another = tube, with this two hole set-up in the end where you can, like, thread the string = down to the hitch pin, and like, pull it out and still have the strings = parallel. Whoa, Dude!  Hey, you're getting a Dell!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    ( Just kidding with = you Terry, I still have the utmost respect. ) BTW, your SAT 3 is doing fine here in = Phoenix, although I'm going back to the direct interval mode: Damn thing = stretches too much on F5, F#5, and G5, religiously!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 07, 2002 = 5:28 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Broken string = repair</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Sorry, Hazen, no words of wisdom from me, just a = related question!<BR><BR>I serviced an Aeolian spinet yesterday: 7 bass = strings and two treble strings. The treble strings were both right at the last = treble damper - so like E6 or so. This puts the hitch pins a few inches above = the bottom of the wippens and the bridge pins smack dab in the middle of = the action (height-wise). I used the approach that I was much too talented = a piano technician that I needed to remove the action just to replace two = treble strings (although I have used that approach in the past). After about = 45 minutes of struggling and cussing (quietly) I finally got them both in = place, but it was no simple feat getting the strings through the bridge pins, = etc.<BR><BR>How do other folks approach this task? Remove action? Use = really nifty techniques that Terry Farrell has no clue of? Scrunch and cuss (quietly)? <BR><BR>Thanks.<BR><BR>Terry Farrell<BR><BR>P.S. I'm going = to visit my girlfriend with the tuning complaint on her Whitney spinet this morning.<BR>  <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>