> >Hi Anne, > Perhaps sometime you'll elaborate on techniques for getting wire to >hold on hole-less tuning pins? I'll bet I'm not the only one who's >agonized over those. >-Mike Jorgensen Well, I've had customers actually try duct tape and it doesn't work..seriously folks.... This is one of those things I've done so many times, (such as about 120 times in the last two days) I have to think about how to write it. To summarize, the secret is to start where the pin begins to flatten, wrap at a slight angle going upwards about three turns, then wrap downward back over the first windings at an angle...makes a pretty pattern too. You need to pull this top section of the windings, which is at the base of the flat area of the head (important), nice and snug before proceeding down to finish the windings. Cut off the free end before proceeding very far down the cylindrical section. You have to keep tension on the wire the entire time. I use a third hand (also known as a vice grip) to keep the hitchpin loop on the hitchpin as I work. The tension then keeps the wire holding itself on because of the overwinding. Hope that's clear enough. Oh yes, this is obviously done OUT of the harpsichord, and then you hammer it in with your little tuning hammer when the winding catches up to the right length to the tuning pin's hole in the wrest plank. Personally I much prefer this technique to drilled pins. ab Anne Beetem Harpsichords & Historic Pianos 2070 Bingham Ct. Reston, VA 20191 abeetem@wizard.net
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC