Jon Page wrote: > Richard, > Once the coils are lifted, beckets snugged, pitch raised; the coils can be > further compressed by tapping with a screw driver or the hollow steel tool > from the top . Jon, Richard, et. al.May I suggest using a screwdriver shaped object (SSO) fashioned from brass dowell rod for this? Brass is softer than the wire the string is made of and not as likely to cut the wire. (I understand this is the historical method of tapping coils.) :-) Danny Moore http://www.setexas.com/danmoore/
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