<HTML>Mickey, The stringer sounds pretty good, but it's kind of expensive for my taste= s.  I went to the local hardware store and found tiny brass pipes just = long enough to do string work.  I haven't put in a divider, but it woul= d probably make things a bit easier. Dave Stahl In a message dated 4/13/04 4:51:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mickeykes@c= harter.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I recently tuned a crummy E= verett spinet in a church, in a cramped corner next to the pipe organ -- and= a treble string broke.  I've been considering investing in a product s= old by Pianotech called The Stringer.  It appears to be mostly just a l= ong metal tube used to help insert a string in the proper place without havi= ng to remove the drop action.  I seem to recall the Reblitz recommended= something similar: using a hollow curtain rod pole. Does anybody have any experience with either technique?  Is a Strin= ger worth fifty bucks, or will a curtain rod suffice?  Or do you have b= etter techniques for putting new strings in spinets?</BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>