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<DIV>Matthew,</DIV>
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<DIV>Ditto to David's post on pre-coiling...I did a bunch of strings
yesterday(see previous post "all strung out") and I pre-coiled every string,=
even the lowest A. The core wire is a bit stiff down there, but it's q=
uite
doable. </DIV>
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<DIV>Pre-coiling saves a tremendous amount of time and effort. The onl=
y
hard parts are getting the becket out of the dummy on the thicker gauge=
s,
then getting it back into the pin on the piano if you've bent the wire into =
a
pretzel....almost nothing is unsalvageable, though!</DIV>
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<DIV>>>When I play a single note on my piano, the hammer strikes the
string and then very lazily does not rebound, but kind of floats between the=
string and rest rail. I have to release the key, and then flick the ha=
mmer
back to it's rest position before I play the note again. What do you t=
hink
could be the problem? I have several ideas, but I want to be sure.&nbs=
p;
You should of seen me during my tuning practice today! Kind of
annoying.>></DIV>
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<DIV>Are the hammer return springs in the butt-groove?? If it's a Yama=
ha,
are the cord springs broken. Learning to trouble shoot this stuff is
crucial to servicing piano. Does the key fall back, leaving the hammer=
hanging, or is there excess friction in the key? Work front to back,
eliminating one thing at a time.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Good luck,</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/17/05 6:10:29 AM Pacific Standard Time,
davidlovepianos@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
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=2>If you
mean on a string replacement you can avoid the "cranking" up and<BR>excess=
ive
slack associated with it by prewinding the string on a dummy<BR>pin and th=
en
transferring the coil. That will keep enough tension on<BR>the strin=
g to
keep it locked on the bridge pins. <BR><BR>When restringing, you sho=
uld
be able to coil the string onto the new pin<BR>enough so that you maintain=
tension on the string which will keep it in<BR>place at the bridge.
<BR><BR>David Love<BR>davidlovepianos@comcast.net <BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On<BR>Behalf Of tom driscoll<BR>Sent:
Thursday, March 17, 2005 6:00 AM<BR>To: Pianotech<BR>Subject: Re: String
Replacing Annoyance<BR><BR>Subject: String Replacing Annoyance<BR>What kin=
d of
ingenuity do you all use to keep the string from popping<BR>out between th=
e
bridge pins when you're cranking the tuning pins up?<BR>Matthew
Todd<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pia=
notech
list info:
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______________________________<BR>pianotech
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