String termination devices

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phillip L Ford" <fordpiano@lycos.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: November 12, 2001 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: String termination devices


>
> >The biggest problem would be stringing the things. You would have to
thread
> >the string through the hole and then pull the entire speaking length
> >through.
>
> -----
> Wouldn't you have to do the same thing with your device?
> Perhaps I don't fully understand it.  You'd have to run
> the string under the shoulder and pin and pull the whole
> length of string, although you wouldn't have to put it
> through a hole.  Am I missing something?
> ----

No. And, yes, you're missing something. The string lies across the two
outside risers and through a slot in the center 'post.' After stringing a
small steel dowel pin is rockered into place through the slot toward the
front of the center post.

Del