Pulling Some Strings

[Greg Newell]

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Yeah, and a brake line from the auto parts store works well too and only 
costs a couple bucks!
Greg Newell

At 10:31 PM 11/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>     Al:
>     Try a tool called "The Stringer" from Pianotek.  It is an extendable 
> brass tube that the strings thread into, the tube then goes in place from 
> the top of the piano following the space where the old strings came out 
> of.  Hook the new strings that you have made into a "U" over the hitch 
> pin, carefully pull the stringer off the strings, and voila!  They are in 
> the proper place and cannot cross over each other or get out of 
> position.  It is well worth the $40 and works great on any piano.  The 
> lunch sounded great!
>     Mike Kurta
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:mathstar@salemnet.com>Alan R. Barnard
>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org
>Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:54 PM
>Subject: Pulling Some Strings
>
>Any tips for replacing plain wire strings, tenor section, under the bass 
>strings, with the appropriate bridge section also under the bass strings 
>and directly behind the bottom rail on a drop action (sticker wires) piano?
>
>The customer was nice enough to hold flashlight, hold the wire ends and 
>above, etc. No problem getting the lower end down and onto the pin (used 
>the ol' safety pin trick) and, actually, getting the strings on the bridge 
>properly was not too bad (thin screwdriver and thin needle-nosed pliers). 
>But those danged wires want to cross each other every which way and tangle 
>up with the stupid dampers ..... ooog. Had them on, under the pressure 
>bar, coiled and then ... only when I started tensioning the second one did 
>I find out they were still crossed ....
>
>I'd hate to remove & replace a drop action just for one silly string ....
>
>Good part! This lady (senior citizen) gave me a bag of home made cookies 
>on my last visit. This time, she called to her husband, who was "helping" 
>me do some surgery on her piano, and me, to come to lunch---roast beef, 
>mashed potatoes & gravy, veggies, rolls, cole slaw, cranberry sauce, 
>carrot cake, and ice cream. Delicious dinner, delightful people.
>
>Now if their 1974 Conover would stop beating me up every time I visit ...
>
>Alan Barnard
>Life Can Be Sweet in Salem, MO (although the piano is in West Plains)
>
>(Hey David Vanderhoofven: This is the job you referred to me. For the 
>people, thanks; for the piano ... well, I'll get even somehow!!! :-)


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