wire coming out of beckett

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi John,
Made the same decision years ago after much loss of blood and noticing that
if the becket were made with a sharp bend in the first place, it would not
slip out. So when there is room I pre-form the bend prior to putting the
wire in the tuning pin hole. I use a round shape plier from the '30s that
has a mark where the .282" bend can be made. With this plier I get a very
sharp 90% bend even on the largest wire.
Joe Goss RPT
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: wire coming out of beckett


> Hi,
> I have rethought putting the wire through the beckett and bending it. I am
> not going to put in the extra bend.
> I used to curse the Baldwins that had it. When a string broke, I was
> guaranteed, to have my blood showing.
> Thinking back to '75, when I started, I can only think of a couple of
times
> a beckett slipped, and that was on a new piano, where not enough length
was
> in the hole. If the wire is bent at right angles, and goes fully through
the
> hole, I have never had one slip.
> I think the reason that Baldwin had for doing it, was that the wires were
> pre-cut, so it was a manufacturing choice for speed, not to make sure it
> didn't slip.
> Regards,
>
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:52 PM
> Subject: Re: wire coming out of beckett
>
>
> >
> > >Ron, So with that logical reasoning, would you not add the double to
the
> > >Baldwin?
> > >Joe Goss
> >
> > Hi Joe,
> > I would anyway, for the other reasons, and take my chances. The
percentage
> > of replaced broken strings that already have the "lock" bend is low, so
> > it's an acceptable risk. I'm still ahead in the long run.
> >
> > Ron N
> >
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