coil maker...

[Jon Page]

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At 04:26 PM 07/17/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>I'd like to get the list's recommendations on which "coil maker" I should 
>use. In the past, having never before restrung an entire section, such as 
>the bass, i've always made my coils right on the tuning pin in the piano. 
>Since this is an older piano, I want to make the coils outside the piano 
>so i can save wear & tear on the old pins, which are still quite tight. 
>Any suggestions on a coil maker? There seems to be a few ready-made ones 
>to choose from, but I would like to get the one that will be the easiest 
>and most efficient to use. Thanks!

Use a dummy pin.  Cut the pin sort, 1/4" below the becket hole. This lets 
you work in close quarters.
To extricate the becket, open up the coil by turning the pin in reverse and 
use a pair of needle-nosed pliers
to lift the becket out. Place the coil in the piano and 3/4 turn will bring 
it to pitch.

You can also make a cut from the bottom of the pin up into the becket hole 
for slipping the coil off but this
is only useful for treble wire which is easy to expand the coil with 
needle-nosed pliers to install in the piano.
The bass wire is stiffer and the installation will go easier if you 
reverse-turn the pin to expand the coil and
lift the becket off the dummy pin.

I have two dummy pins, one with the cut up from the bottom for treble wire 
and one without the cut for bass wire.

When replacing a set of bass strings, the Becket Tool keeps the beckets 
aligned. However, you do not place the
end of gage on the tip of the pin in the piano, this will place the becket 
at 6:00 or beyond.  Place a mark 3/8" back
from the edge and place that mark on the tip of the pin and cut the 
wire.  This mark compensates for the increased
wire length caused by the steeper angle between measuring from the plate 
surface and pin tip.

Regards,

Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
http://www.stanwoodpiano.com
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