This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Didja ever *really* have to go, at a seafood restaurant, and wind up = staring at "clams" and "oysters"?!? --Cy-- ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Carl Meyer=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 10:30 AM Subject: Re: Baldwin pre-cut string At the kennel the signs say "pointers" and "setters". The local = marinas use "Inboards" and "outboards" Double <G> Carl Meyer Ptg assoc Santa Clara, Ca. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Joe And Penny Goss=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 7:38 AM Subject: Re: Baldwin pre-cut string <G> Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Allan Gilreath=20 To: 'Pianotech'=20 Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 8:14 AM Subject: RE: Baldwin pre-cut string How about if we call them Vise grips instead of Vice grips? There = might be a difference. (Kind of like the sign on the door reading = "ladies" instead of "laddies".) <chuckle> Allan Allan L. Gilreath, RPT -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] = On Behalf Of John Ross Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 7:56 AM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Baldwin pre-cut string Hi Michael, Mole wrenches, are called vice grips over here. Regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Michael Gamble=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 3:39 PM Subject: Fw: Baldwin pre-cut string Hello Glen & Del This pre-cut string is a strange idea. I thought pianos were = always strung up from, as Del says, spools of overhead string. But I'd like to add a little something a-propos the kinks or = bends in string. I have a policy when tuning an old piano, and whenever = it is possible, to use the old string by simply loosening off its = companion, straightening out the old string where it had been on the = hitch, and threading it up to the old wrest-pin and tuning up. I find = that when doing this the tonal quality stays the same and they don't = stretch like a replacement new string. You just land up with maybe two = coils or less on the two wrest-pins in question. The strings eventually = straighten out pretty well. I find using a "mole-wrench" on the hitch = pin a good idea to hold the string in place while fiddling around with = the loose end. Is "mole wrench" an international term? It's an = adjustable gripping tool which can grip with incredible force if needed = and is adjusted by a knurled knob sticking out of the end of one of the = handles. Good description? :-) Michael G (UK) ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Delwin D Fandrich=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 5:31 PM Subject: Re: Baldwin pre-cut string ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Crashvalve@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: October 22, 2003 5:13 AM Subject: Baldwin pre-cut string When I visited Conway in 73' they had precut and straightened = wire to string the verticals. I know a straighter wire gives truer = harmonics, Question is; does zig-zag roller straightening of piano wire = have any downside like false beats etc ? If rollers are good, did = Baldwin use then in two or four planes ? regards Glenn C.=20 Unless there is a kink in the wire, any wire stretched to 150+ = lbs of tension is going to be pretty straight. With this in mind I'm not = sure what you mean when you say "a straighter wire gives truer = harmonics."=20 Baldwin uses straightened and pre-cut wire simply as a = manufacturing expediency. These wires are purchased from Mapes to = specification with each coming bundled in a package of, perhaps, a = hundred or so identical wires labeled for a specific spot on a specific = piano. These are then placed in one of several tubes set up so the = stringer can pull whichever specific wire is needed in sequence as = stringing progresses. The grand pianos are strung from standard 5-lb coils in rack = held above the piano. Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ab/2d/ed/9d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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