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<DIV>I'll second that!</DIV>
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<DIV>Barbara Richmond</DIV>
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<DIV>PS Dale, at first I thought you couldn't visualize my =
standing on the
keybed (not). Today I received an anonymous email =
stating
that the real way to get leverage is to sit on the lid and brace one's =
feet on
the stretcher... ;-)</DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV>
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title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 19, =
2005 9:33
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Remedial string
leveling</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3> Hi Ed </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> I can't visualize this. Maybe it's to =
early .
How about a picture or remedial tutoring?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Dale</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>Greetings, <BR> Maybe I missed it being =
mentioned, but the Steinway factory techs used <BR>a monkey spring =
with a
notch cut above the right angle. This is placed upon <BR>the =
agraffe
with the right-angle under the string. With a very slight
<BR>levering, a string can be straightened coming out of the agraffe =
or even
slightly bent <BR>above the agraffe's hole. <BR> =
I have
done all my string leveling on agraffe-held strings with this =
<BR>tool for
many years and never had a problem. Very rarely do I find an =
unlevel
<BR>string in the capo section, but when I do, a small , filed down =
string
hook is <BR>a very simple way to deal with them. <BR>Regards, =
<BR><BR>Ed
Foote RPT</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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