Anne, "A vice grip on the hitch pin!!!" What a gross tool for such a delicate instrument! Have you ever tried a hemostat? Ken Burton "Doctor Piano" Calgary Alberta On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Anne Beetem wrote: > > > > >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 > > >
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