<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, Add to this make one end 6 inches = longer so that the short one will be installed first keeping the correct wire for = the correct pin in mind.</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=dm.porritt@verizon.net = href="mailto:dm.porritt@verizon.net">David M. Porritt</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=mathstar@salemnet.com href="mailto:mathstar@salemnet.com">Alan R. Barnard</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 19, = 2002 6:18 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Pulling Some = Strings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Alan:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Make a tool.  Take two brass tubes, long enough to reach = where you need it, solder them together.  Thread the string down one tube, = and back up the other.  Leaving lots of extra wire (piano wire is cheap) = make a bend in the one end.  Now you have the string as you need it in = the piano running through this pair of tubes with LOTS of extra wire hanging out = the top end.  At the site, push the twin tubes through, hitch the bend on = the hitch pin, put a clamp on the hitch pin to keep the wire on there, = slowly pull the twin tubes out, placing the wires around the bridge pins, then = pull the twin tubes all the way off.  Now all you have left is cutting the = wires to the approximately correct length and getting it under the pressure bar.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>To keep customer relations good, wait until you are in the car = and at least a block away before you scream out your view of drop = actions!!!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 11/18/2002 at 10:34 PM Alan R. Barnard wrote:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px = solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>oooooooh (rhymes with "poo"). what = about the problem of keeping them from crossing? Getting them hitched or = bridged wasn't the problem, it's keeping them straight up and onto the pins ....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></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=gnewell@ameritech.net = href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg Newell</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> Monday, November 18, = 2002 10:04 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Pulling Some Strings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Yeah, and a brake line from the auto parts store = works well too and only costs a couple bucks!<BR>Greg Newell<BR><BR>At 10:31 = PM 11/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT = face=arial size=2>    Al:</FONT><BR><FONT face=arial size=2>    Try a tool called "The Stringer" = from Pianotek.  It is an extendable brass tube that the strings = thread into, the tube then goes in place from the top of the piano = following the space where the old strings came out of.  Hook the new = strings that you have made into a "U" over the hitch pin, carefully pull = the stringer off the strings, and voila!  They are in the = proper place and cannot cross over each other or get out of position.  = It is well worth the $40 and works great on any piano.  The lunch = sounded great!</FONT><BR><FONT face=arial size=2>    = Mike Kurta</FONT><BR> <DL> <DD>----- Original Message ----- <BR> <DD>From:</B> <A href="mailto:mathstar@salemnet.com">Alan R. = Barnard</A> <BR> <DD>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <BR> <DD>Sent:</B> Monday, November 18, 2002 9:54 PM<BR> <DD>Subject:</B> Pulling Some Strings<BR><BR> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Any tips for replacing plain = wire strings, tenor section, under the bass strings, with the appropriate = bridge section also under the bass strings and directly behind the = bottom rail on a drop action (sticker wires) piano? </FONT><BR> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>The customer was nice enough = to hold flashlight, hold the wire ends and above, etc. No problem = getting the lower end down and onto the pin (used the ol' safety pin = trick) and, actually, getting the strings on the bridge properly was not = too bad (thin screwdriver and thin needle-nosed pliers). But those = danged wires want to cross each other every which way and tangle up = with the stupid dampers ..... ooog. Had them on, under the pressure = bar, coiled and then .... only when I started tensioning the second one = did I find out they were still crossed ....</FONT><BR> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>I'd hate to remove & = replace a drop action just for one silly string ....</FONT><BR> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Good part! This lady (senior = citizen) gave me a bag of home made cookies on my last visit. This time, she = called to her husband, who was "helping" me do some surgery on her = piano, and me, to come to lunch---roast beef, mashed potatoes & = gravy, veggies, rolls, cole slaw, cranberry sauce, carrot cake, and = ice cream. Delicious dinner, delightful people.</FONT><BR> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Now if their 1974 Conover = would stop beating me up every time I visit ...</FONT><BR> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT><BR> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Life Can Be Sweet in Salem, MO = (although the piano is in West Plains)</FONT><BR> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>(Hey David Vanderhoofven: This = is the job you referred to me. For the people, thanks; for the piano ... = well, I'll get even somehow!!! :-)</FONT><BR></DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2 = Arial></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><PRE>_____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>