Screw stringers

[Jon Page]

A devise such as the Becket tool would help in the
even-ness of the machines as it does with tuning pin beckets.
But it would take much more practice and patience.  

Richard, I think you were right in your reasoning for their demise,
too labor intensive.

Jon Page

PS Jim Colman, Jr has the machines for replacements.

I bowed out of the last encounter; newly restrung, machines breaking
because of excess slack.  Agony waiting to happen.

I gracefully bowed out; and as Billrpt encourages, I did not disparage
the instrument or 'rebuilder', but suggested she call the person who
performed the 'rebuild' to remedy a few technical difficulties.


Again covering the butts of a few slackards.         Chin up, I say.

At 10:46 PM 4/20/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>> From: John R Fortiner <pianoserv440@juno.com>
>> To: pianotech@ptg.org
>> Subject: Re: Screw stringers
>> Date: Monday, April 20, 1998 1:42 PM
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>> Richard:  If you DO aquire a screw stringer would you mind sharing with
>> me how you plan on determining the correct length of the various strings
>> so that the hooks that hold the wires are even with eachother.  ( It
>will
>> not be fair to make them even by running each of them up to the support
>> in which they are mounted.)
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> have no Idea,  I was hoping someone on this list had restrung one
>successfully. The problem is that by the time the slack is taken out of
>the string, the "screw" is drawn up all the way, esp with plain wire. 
>This was a long time ago, and it seems there were other intircacies
>involved such as the one you point out.
>Richard Moody
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>> >	I think they were under valued as in appreciated. But now that 
>> >I want
>> >one, I guess I will have to pay through the nose.   So I will open the 
>> >bid
>> >at $500 for decent servicable M&H screw stringer. If it needs 
>> >restringing,
>> >the offer is $10. 
>> >Richard Moody 
>> > 
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