<!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 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 04, 2003 5:21 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Leveling Coils & Pinching = Becket</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hello Gordon. Just a couple weeks ago I leveled = coils on a piano the was likely restrung a good 50 years ago - an 1880s Knabe = square grand. First of all, the Mother of All Coil Lifter from Joe Goss - picture = below. I guess I should have put something next to it for scale, but it is twice = the size of the junkers from Schaff and it has a hardened tip. No coil will be = unlevel as long as I have this tool!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:00de01c3a330$ea229b00$e22afea9@gamble" align=baseline border=0></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please tell me how this tool works? You = cinch the coils up from underneath, so I can't guess at the action = required.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Below is a picture of the horrible coils I was = facing. I was afraid to even try and tune it because so many of the strings were = already getting mashed down into the plate. The root of the problem on this = piano was that the holes for the tuning pins were drill about 20 degrees off of = vertical - the coils will naturally go down unless someone is determined to force = them up - at least temporarily.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 = src="cid:00df01c3a330$ea229b00$e22afea9@gamble" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How many of you noticed that the coils = are the wrong way round? I once came across a piano where a cowboy had replaced = a couple of strings this way. I didn't notice it until the pitch went down = instead of up...! Then I had to re string the affected parts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Actually, I did not use Joe's tool on this piano = - I use his too for perfecting the coils. On this horror project I used the = little pry-bar type coil lifter available from the supply houses. I just = let tension down on the strings enough so that the coil would lift via the = pry tool.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can't get this "prytool" in = UK</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Regarding the becket - just take a pair of = pliers when you let the tension down and squeeze them puppies. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I use a pair of long duck-billed - it = "gets in there!" </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Gordon Holley" <</FONT><A href="mailto:gholley@hi-techhousing.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>gholley@hi-techhousing.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:05 AM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Leveling Coils & Pinching Becket</FONT></DIV></DIV><FONT face=Arial> <DIV><BR><FONT size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Michael G (UK)</FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>