<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>Avery,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'm afraid I'm misunderstanding you (or not getting = a joke?).  Do you get single strings with premade coils?  I = was responding to the comment that single strings would save time = in a factory setting...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I've only helped in a restringing by standing at the = tail end and threading the up through the bridge pins, but it sure seems that = after an octave or so, you'd really be into the rhythm of it: three fingers past = the pin hole, snip, thread through pin, make right angle for becket, three turns = with the T-handle, pound it in, lift the coil, and tighten it up a little = more.  My guess is it takes experienced people, what, maybe two hours to string = a grand?  It's awesome to see.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=avery@ev1.net href="mailto:avery@ev1.net">Avery Todd</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 22, 2004 = 4:11 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: There's always a = hitch</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Cy, <BR><BR>And how many seconds/minutes does it take = you to make all those individual coils<BR>for an entire piano and make it = look as good as the factory does? :-) <BR>Just wishing I could do it better! <BR><BR>Avery <BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT = size=2>Compare that with a bulk reel of wire of a certain gauge: only takes a second to snip it = to the right length, and you've got the same number of tuning pin coils to make.<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>--Cy = Shuster--<BR>Rochester, MN<BR></FONT> <DL> <DD>----- Original Message ----- <BR> <DD>From:</B> <A href="mailto:mark@nhpianos.com">Mark = Dierauf</A> <BR> <DD>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <BR> <DD>Sent:</B> Monday, March 22, 2004 10:35 AM<BR> <DD>Subject:</B> RE: There's always a hitch<BR><BR> <DD><FONT face=arial color=#000080 size=2>I would think that = you might expect slightly better tuning stability with this system. On large = pitch changes there’s no way that the tension of one string of a = unison can effect the other strings as might be the case with normal strings = looped around a hitch-pin. Having all three strings the same length from hitch-pin to tuning pin can only help. My thinking is that once = set up it might save significant time during the factory stringing process = by having all strings pre measured for any given scale.<BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face=arial color=#000080 size=2>- = Mark<BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"><BR></FONT><BR> <DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, = Times"><BR></FONT> </DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML= >