Hello. I am a novice pianotech wannabee who has been lurking for a few months while I have been rebuilding the family 'heirloom' Kranich & Bach baby grand. I have taken apart and repaired and regulated the action, which was quite a mess -- and people were right -- given the lack of replacement parts, difficult and time-consuming. Cleaned, tightened, etc according to Reblitz, all notes now play, it even sounds pretty good. A great piano to learn and experiment on: Loads of problems to contend with. My question: There are several broken strings, all in 3rd-5th octaves. I bought correct string from Beethoven supply last week. I can follow the Reblitz directions up to a point and then I make a mess --- once I place end of the string into the tuning pin, I have a miserable time making the 3 neat turns needed. (I am turning the pins out 3 turns first as I am supposed to.) Reblitz describes a lot of things very carefully, but not this. I simply measured the 3 inches which will be wound onto the pin, cut the string, place the string end into the pin and turned. The wire simply doesn't wind neatly. What am I missing? Will practice make perfect? Please respond to me at msk@unipress.com. I do not wish to waste list bandwidth with a lot of answers to this novice question. Thank you, Mark _______________________________________ Mark Krieger UniPress Software http://www.unipress.com msk@unipress.com (908)287-2100 x937
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