wire coming out of beckett

[John Ross]

Hi Ron,
Previous to your post, I had always thought the extra bend, a real pain,
when replacing a broken one.
I had always hated the extra bend on the Baldwins.
I also found that the extra bend resulted, in more of my blood being
spilled.
I will now reinvestigate my previous assumptions.
When I replace a string, I always indicate on my bill, which string was
replaced. It is a carry-over from the days when I used to repair electronic
organs, if a note went after my repair, it was 'always', the one I had just
repaired, that went again. So I had to be able to prove it wasn't.
On a piano, it is not as bad, because, you have new/shiny, versus old/not
shiny, in most cases.

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 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: wire coming out of beckett


>
> >In the situation that you describe, it would be my thought, though not
> >liking the idea, to let the wire stick through the tuning pin about 1/4"
> >so that the wire could be bent over ala cheep spinets from the 60s. I do
> >not like the double bend as it makes replacing a broken string much
> >harder. But if the old pin is holding fine why replace it when this
repair
> >will let it hold the new string?
> >
> >Joe Goss
>
> I use that double bend in every string I replace as a field repair. There
> are a couple of reasons. One is insuring the becket doesn't pull out when
I
> crank it up to pitch. They don't - ever, no matter what shape the pin is
> in. Another is that I find it easier to manage the coil during
> installation, and insure it's tight after. At least as important to me as
> any other reason is that it offers an undeniable visual indication of what
> string or strings I have replaced over time. This is useful in the long
run
> as evidence of overall string condition when we once again talk about
> rebuilding. When I, and they, can count a dozen obvious string
replacements
> without bending over the piano, it makes a point. It is also invaluable
> when, not if, I get the call saying that string I replaced last week broke
> again. I can go out and point to the one I replaced (with the extra bend),
> right next to the freshly broken one (without), and leave no doubt that
> this is a brand new self-contained service call with it's own accompanying
> fee. End of discussion. While I have had people argue with me that a rusty
> old broken string was the one I installed last time (before I started
doing
> the bent over end), I haven't yet run into anyone idiot enough to insist
> that the little bend on the end of the wire (that I can show them on the
> string(s) I DID replace), spontaneously evaporated from that dull broken
> string. There's still time, and I haven't met everyone yet, but so far so
good.
>
> Ron N
>
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