In a message dated Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:16:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, RNossaman@cox.net writes: > > > > >My old technique was to slip the end of the wire from the can into an > >empty pin hole but Ron Nossmans technique of inserting the wire into the > >next agraffe hole and winding two pins at once (eliminating changing > >tools) is my new technique. Thanks Ron! > > > >David Koelzer > > You're quite welcome, sir. Aside from the obvious difference in how often > you have to swap tools and drop them on newly finished surfaces in the > stringing process, the only other concern you might want to consider is the > length of string pulled through an agraffe hole. Pre-cutting to length will > result in more cuts and a little extra time and wire waste, where threading > wire in ahead of yourself and driving two pins at once like I do means > pulling a yard or two of wire through every other agraffe hole. I expect > that will make some folks nervous. Call it a hunch. Even before I switched > to the cleaner Mapes IG, and was using "blackfinger" wire, I was never able > to determine that there was any mechanical or tonal problem with this > method. In other words, I can't see that any damage is done to the agraffe > termination by dragging that much wire through it, so > that's my preference. > > For what it's worth. > > Ron N Ok I am missing something here, Why do you pull that much wire through? David Koelzer Vintage Pianos DFW
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