Replacing Spinet Strings - the Coil

[Keith Roberts]

How will one pull the curtain rod off and feed the wire under the pressure
bar with the coils on? Does the paper clip idea work well when you feed the
hitch loop under the pressure bar first? I guess the weave on the stringing
braid, if any, doesn't matter? How about pulling the wire on past the pin
and coming onto the becket from the top? Start the coil and pull the slack
out so it doesn't get caught up in the other pins?
Keith R
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Nereson" <dnereson@dimensional.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: Replacing Spinet Strings - the Coil


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Replacing Spinet Strings - the Coil
>
>
> > Friends,
> >
> > Unless I overlooked something, most/all of the discussion has been
> > concentrated on how to get a new string to the bottom of a spinet piano.
> > Anyone have any special tips about getting the coil on the tuning pin,
> > especially when the tuning pin is only about 1/8" from the pressure bar?
> I've
> > always gotten it done, but sometimes not without ruining my mood for the
> rest
> > of the day.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Clyde
> >
>     Since I've invariably got the needle nose pliers in my hand, I poke
them
> into the pre-wound coil and use the pliers to lift the coil onto the
tuning
> pin. A screwdriver or stringing hook would work as well.  If the tuning
> pin's really close to the pressure bar, sometimes I put the coils on the
> pins first, without sticking the becket into the hole yet (the string has
> already been threaded under the pressure bar and pulled down most of the
> way).   Then I use the stringing hook to pull the loop down over the hitch
> pin and fasten with hemostats or vise-grips temporarily.  Then go back up
> and insert the string in the tuning pin hole and finish up.
>     Some operations are just "brute force" and don't have any "easy way".
> David Nereson, RPT, Denver
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