<html> Hi Jon,            Better yet drill an indent in the bottom of the flush saw cut, you can now place the pin on top of the pin in the piano, and slide the coil off one pin on to the other.  This helps to stop the coil from opening up so much, and makes fitting the becket so much easier. Roger At 07:06 PM 8/7/02 -0400, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>At 05:51 PM 8/7/2002 -0500, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hello,   Has anyone had much success with the Sciortino Insta-coiler?  It's probably better used when restringing an entire piano but as a farily new part-time tuner, I bought one in hopes that it would make the occassional broken string easier to replace.  Sometimes it makes a perfect coil and other times, I have problems getting it to work.  Maybe I just need to have more practice with it but it seems inconsistent.   Any opinions?   Corte Swearingen</blockquote> I have not tried one but have seen the picture in the catalogue. I would tend to think that for string replacements a dummy pin would be best to get into tight areas. For treble wire I use a dummy pin which has been cut off 1/4 " below the becket hole. From there a saw cut up into the hole allows the coil to be easily slipped off. But for the heavier core wire of bass strings I first ease the becket out of the pin with needle-nosed pliers and then remove the coil. The reason for this is to expand the coil so it is easier to install on the pin in the piano. </blockquote> <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> Roger</html>