Pulling Some Strings

[Joe And Penny Goss]

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Hi, Add to this make one end 6 inches longer so that the short one will =
be installed first keeping the correct wire for the correct pin in mind.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
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  From: David M. Porritt=20
  To: Alan R. Barnard ; pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 6:18 AM
  Subject: Re: Pulling Some Strings


  Alan:

  Make a tool.  Take two brass tubes, long enough to reach where you =
need it, solder them together.  Thread the string down one tube, and =
back up the other.  Leaving lots of extra wire (piano wire is cheap) =
make a bend in the one end.  Now you have the string as you need it in =
the piano running through this pair of tubes with LOTS of extra wire =
hanging out the top end.  At the site, push the twin tubes through, =
hitch the bend on the hitch pin, put a clamp on the hitch pin to keep =
the wire on there, slowly pull the twin tubes out, placing the wires =
around the bridge pins, then pull the twin tubes all the way off.  Now =
all you have left is cutting the wires to the approximately correct =
length and getting it under the pressure bar. =20

  To keep customer relations good, wait until you are in the car and at =
least a block away before you scream out your view of drop actions!!!

  dave
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  On 11/18/2002 at 10:34 PM Alan R. Barnard wrote:
    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
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      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


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          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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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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