<HTML>In a message dated 5/29/2003 11:36:22 AM Pacific Stand= ard Time, piano@charlesneuman.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">My coil lifter wouldn't fit bet= ween the tuning pins on a spinet, and it was tricky getting it to fit on a grand whose string I replaced. What do you do if it doesn't fit? Are there coil lifters that work better in confined spaces? </BLOCKQUOTE> Charles, Two suggestions. First, most coil lifters are way too hunky as they come fro= m the coil lifter store. Grind the ears thinner. Second, they really won't f= it some tight pin spacings. I use a string hook as I am putting tension on t= he string. When it is barely snug, I leave my tuning lever on the pin, the s= tring hook on the wire as it leaves the coil, and pry up the other side of t= he coil with a screwdriver, using a nearby tuning pin as fulcrum. If the ten= sion is right, it will stay in place. Then I bring it on up to pitch, contin= uing to pull up w/the string hook. I always use a dummy pin to make as many coils as I can slip over the pin, b= ut I realize that sometimes the pin is very close to the pressure bar. In th= at case, I might only make one coil on the dummy. Bob Davis </HTML>