---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 12:36 PM 12/8/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Well, I have finally gotten over my fear of stringing and did a passable job >on a older Kawai grand the other day. I still have 4 strings to do in the >upper treble. My question is: how long should the string really be past >the tuning pin? Is it three or four fingers? And should I back the tuning >pin out three complete turns before putting the string on? I don't want to >screw this up.. Thanks! > >Busted knuckles in Knoxville, >Patrick Four fingers Make the coil on a dummy pin and transfer the coil to the pin. 3/4 turn is all that is needed. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net http://www.stanwoodpiano.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4b/2b/cd/90/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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