strings o spinet

[John Ross]

Hi Frank,
Just use a hook tool, put it below the wire and bear up as you are
tightening.
I have seen one, home made. Just drill a hole through a piece of dowelling,
insert a piece of thick stringing wire, and put a hook on it. Securing the
one end around the dowelling. It will fit in a very small space. The hook on
the end, surprisingly, does not pull straight.
If I haven't explained my meaning properly, I could probably, draw what I
mean and scan it to you. But I am a poor artist.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
Frank Cahill wrote:

> Yesterday I had to relace string on a Wurlitzer spinet, around F#4.  The
> problem I had was with the pin directly above the pressure bar...I could
> not get my coil lifter/string spacer tool between the pins. The pins are
> packed quite closely in this area of the piano.
>
> Even my thinest screwdriver didn't help much.  Needless to say, the coil
> was BAD, BAD, BAD!  Has any one developed some sort of tool or technique
> for this situation?
> --
>
> Frank Cahill
> Associate Member
> Northern Va