Pulling Some Strings

[Mike Kurta]

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    Al:
    I forgot to mention (for simplicities sake) that the end of the =
stringer has a threaded brass cap with two holes drilled in the end.  =
This keeps the wires separated and in their proper alignment as you pull =
the tube upwards after hooking the wire over the hitch pin?  Verstehn?  =
Sorry I didn't include this before.....Don't know if I would bend the =
tube to make it work, as it is actually two tubes which must slide =
freely one inside the other. =20
    Mike K
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Alan R. Barnard=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 11:34 PM
  Subject: Re: Pulling Some Strings


  oooooooh (rhymes with "poo"). what about the problem of keeping them =
from crossing? Getting them hitched or bridged wasn't the problem, it's =
keeping them straight up and onto the pins ...

  Alan Barnard
  Salem, MO
    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: Greg Newell=20
    To: Pianotech=20
    Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 10:04 PM
    Subject: Re: Pulling Some Strings


    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 -----=20

        From: Alan R. Barnard=20

        To: pianotech@ptg.org=20

        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?=20


         =20
        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 ....


         =20
        I'd hate to remove & replace a drop action just for one silly =
string ....


         =20
        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.


         =20
        Now if their 1974 Conover would stop beating me up every time I =
visit ...


         =20
        Alan Barnard

        Life Can Be Sweet in Salem, MO (although the piano is in West =
Plains)


         =20
        (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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