> Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 16:10:29 -0400 > From: nhunt@jagat.com (Newton Hunt) > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: String Levelling questions > Reply-to: pianotech@ptg.org DUH...I didn't even know that the brakes had two guide holes! I followed your instructions and I'll be damned if it doesn't work. Not only does it do a good job of straightening but the wire is held with enough friction that I don't have to worry about it unspooling after my cut, although I'll still but a little bend at the end of the wire. THANKS NEWTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! David ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA P.S. Steve Brady!!!This needs to go into the Journal... > > I use those 1/4 lb coils with brake today and every piece of wire that > comes off forms a nice circle. > > For some reason, comprehensable only by supply houses, they have been > putting those brakes on backwards!! > > Remove the wire from the brake with a pair of vise grips and hole the > drips and spool so it will not unspool. Remove the brake and reverse it > so that the guide hole is toward the wire coming off the spool. Reverse > the other part and thread the wire through it's hole then bend it up so > that it staightens the wire as it comes off the spool. > > Attention must be paid to the way the thumb screw/nut are replaced. > Make it so that the screw is tightened when the wire is pulled off. > That way you need never worry about it's tightness until replacement. > > Label the brake sides so you can tell in a glance what size it is. > > Newton > nhunt@jagat.com > > > > ilvey Pacifica, CA ilvey@a.crl.com
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