Please tell me how you could do it with one cut. Yes, there are 3 cuts, but the first one is quick and dirty. David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: <Kdivad@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 18:09:38 -0400 Subject: Re: stringing >In a message dated Sun, 4 Aug 2002 10:53:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, >ilvey@sbcglobal.net writes: >> >> >> Nope. I simply rough cut on the long side. I do have some waste, but unless I'm >cutting for an exact piece of wire, ala I won't need to cut again when stringing, why >carefully measure? I guess if you want to minimize waste... >> >> David I> >> >> >> >> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> >> From: <Kdivad@AOL.COM> >> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >> Received: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 23:03:47 -0400 >> Subject: Re: stringing >> >> >In a message dated Sun, 4 Aug 2002 8:56:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, >> >ilvey@sbcglobal.net writes: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I pre-cut all the wire for restringing and put a bend for the hitchpin in each one as I >go. >> > Each size is hung on a separate hook till I get to it. >> >> >> >> David I. >> >> >David, with all due respect and without criticizing your technique do you mean that >you >> >take a measuring device and measure each wire and then >> make three cuts for size to >> >string two pins? >> >> >David Koelzer >> >Vintage Pianos >> >DFW >Ok, let me get this straight, you rough measure and cut each wire and then put your >bend in. Next you hang the wire on the hitch pin and thread it through the bridge up >through the agraffes and then cut each wire again for proper coils and becket line up. I >am not much concerned with waste wire either but I see three cuts for two pins instead >of one cut for two pins, am I understanding you correctly? >David Koelzer >Vintage Pianos >DFW
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