>I was tuning a older Heinzmann grand when a string popped in the treble (notice that I didn't say I broke the string). The piano is equipped with a agraffe bridge in the treble. There is no regular agraffe, but the bar has tiny holes through it. I cannot find the opening on the back side of the bar to thread the new string through. One cannot see the holes from the top of the piano. Must I pull the action and thread it through from underneath or is there a simpler solution. I hope not, as it's a rickety old piano and pulling the action would be a chore. > >Maybe some of our Canadian friends can help as the piano is labeled, "The Steinway of Canada." >Thanks for any help. > >Phil Ryan >PTG Associate >Miami Beach, FL >----------------------------------------------------- >Click here for Free Video!! >http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ > > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> ><HTML><HEAD> ><META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv=Content-Type> ><META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> ><STYLE></STYLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=#ffffff> ><DIV>I was tuning a older Heinzmann grand when a string popped in the treble >(notice that I didn't say I broke the string). The piano is equipped with >a agraffe bridge in the treble. There is no regular agraffe, but the bar >has tiny holes through it. I cannot find the opening on the back side of >the bar to thread the new string through. One cannot see the holes from >the top of the piano. Must I pull the action and thread it through from >underneath or is there a simpler solution. I hope not, as it's a rickety >old piano and pulling the action would be a chore.</DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV>Maybe some of our Canadian friends can help as the piano is labeled, "The >Steinway of Canada."</DIV> ><DIV>Thanks for any help.</DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV>Phil Ryan</DIV> ><DIV>PTG Associate</DIV> ><DIV>Miami Beach, FL</DIV> ><DIV>-----------------------------------------------------<BR>Click here for >Free Video!!<BR><A >href="http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/">http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/</A><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> Phil, Poke a piece of wire through from the front side and see where it comes out. It shouldn't be necessary to remove the action. Try it by feel-- pike and jab. You'll get it! Perhaps a little bend will get you through. John Lillico, RPT, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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