<!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 name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Back the original pin off by 1 = turn. Cut a piece of wire a bit longer than you will need. Bend the hitch pin = bend with a round nose pliers. Put the wire on the hitch pin and pull the wire = taught through the agraffe or capo and cut the wire to length. Wind the string onto = a dummy pin with 2 ½ turns. Remove the wire from the dummy pin and transfer = it to the original pin using needle nose pliers. Insert the becket and squeeze = the coil to get the wire fully inserted into the becket with a parallel = pliers. Do the same for the other end on the other pin. Pull to tension alternately = with and use a string lifter being careful that the wire doesn’t = overlap. Squeeze the wire at the becket again. Massage the wire along its length. = Pull to pitch. Massage some more. Pull to pitch. Grip the coil with = parallel pliers and turn the pliers in the direction of the coil. Pull to pitch. = Do it all again. Pull to pitch. Level the strings. Pull to pitch. = Massage the wire at the terminations to get the bend straightened. Pull to pitch. If = the string overlaps two different unisons, insert a mute between them until you can = come back to retune. If the string is two unisons on one note, tune them = slightly sharp and insert a mute between the one original string and the adjacent note = so that the two new strings are unmuted. They will drift flat, but will do so = somewhat together. Come back in 6-8 weeks to tweak them. Charge for all = your visits.   <div> David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net </div> -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Robert Finley Sent: Tuesday, September = 27, 2005 7:25 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Problem = Replacing Treble String   <div> I am having a problem = replacing treble strings. The end of the wire always pops out of the hole in the = tuning pin when I try to put the first turn on. I have tried using the coil = lifter to hold the wire in place, but that didn't work. The diameter of the first turn always becomes too large, and I can't make a neat first = turn, tight against the tuning pin. The result is that the end comes out of = the hole in the pin. The wire is so stiff and springy. The wire needs to be = held firrnly and tangential to the pin, but I am not sure how I can do this. = Could anyone suggest how I could overcome this problem? Thank you very much. = </div> <div>   </div> <div> Robert = Finley </div> </div> </body> </html>