[CAUT] Sciortino Insta-Coiler

[Jeff Farris]

Hi Jeannie,

Yes, that¹s the one. I¹ve had mine for 15 years or so. It has been acting up
lately, winding the coil on TOP rather than underneath the beckett. There is
a lot of ³play² or wiggle as it sits on the pin, too. I think the inner core
piece must be compromised in some way. I have a colleague who purchased one
from Schaff (which had some problems ­ another story) and purchased a new
redesigned inner core from somebody else (who?). But I think it was the last
one. His works great! The inner core fits all the way down on the tuning pin
close to the beckett and is reinforced. Anyway, I guess I¹ll keep my fingers
crossed ­ or just change my methods and start stringing by hand!

Take care,
Jeff


On 2/20/09 11:22 AM, "Jeannie Grassi" <jcgrassi at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi  Jeff,
> There were two different tools made by Joe Sciortino and the name Insta-coiler
> has been tossed about freely for both of them.  The true Insta-coiler sits on
> top of a tuning pin already in the pinblock and threads a neat and tidy coil
> onto it by cranking a handle.  As far as I know, they are no longer available
> but  I¹d also love to hear if there are replacements for any or all of the
> parts.  I¹ve had mine for 30 years and it is one of my most treasured tools.
> I use if very carefully, hoping to have it for a lot longer..
> Jeannie Grassi
>  
> 
> 
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jeff
> Farris
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:00 AM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: [CAUT] Sciortino Insta-Coiler
>  
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> Does anybody out there use the Sciortino Insta-coiler? Do you have any info
> regarding the inner cores and their availability? There was a thread about
> this a year or so ago and someone mentioned a better designed inner core, but
> didn¹t know if any more would be built.
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Jeff Farris
> Piano Technician
> School of Music
> UT Austin
> jfarris at mail.utexas.edu
> 512-471-0158
> 
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> Jeff Farris
> Piano Technician
> School of Music
> UT Austin
> jfarris at mail.utexas.edu
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