I'm curious - why are you guys losing blood? I've taken plenty of old wire from Baldwin & WurliTzer tuning pins, and never have poked my finger. I grab it with my small Vise grips and use the Force to command that rascal out. Sometimes it's difficult, but my fingers don't get near the wire. John Formsma > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On > Behalf Of Joe And Penny Goss > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 6:27 PM > To: Pianotech > Subject: Re: wire coming out of beckett > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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