Replacing strings in uprights

[Tom Dickson]

    I am able to get the odd old surgical clamp ( my wife's in
 the O.R.).  I find that the larger ones will clamp nicely on to hitch 
pins.  They don't require a great deal of pressure, so there's no damage 
to the pin's surface.  The thing I like about these clamps is it is easy 
to reach in and clamp on.
    Just another idea for the trick bag.

                                             Sincerely,
                                             Tom Dickson
                                              Regina, SK



>From: Arnold Schmidt <arnold1@mindspring.com>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: Replacing strings in uprights
>Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 20:12:28 +500
>
>I think I got this tip from this list some time in the past, but it 
could
>have come from the newsletter for the Piano Hospital, it is not my 
original.
> You can always sacrifice one of those little rubber grommets used
>(correctly) in the hole in the damper lift rod, (sometimes) on the pin 
of
>the dowel rod that goes into the damper lift rod.  It will slide over 
the
>hitch pin, and it will hold the string on the hitch pin.  Luckily, I 
have not
>had to try this since I got this tip, but it should work.  Hopefully, 
you
>can keep up with it so you won't have to sacrifice one for each 
stringing
>job.
>
>Arnold Schmidt, KG4AFF, Raleigh, NC
>Arnold1@Mindspring.com
>

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