Ric, I don't understand your statement about me going overboard? I said, that the extra bend had caused me to lose blood, I hadn't liked it, and was just going to give it some more thought. Now, where am I going overboard?? John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:25 PM Subject: Re: wire coming out of beckett > John > > Lets not go overboard here eh ?? I mean really.. how often has anyone > run into the becket slipping out syndrome ? Eh ? I've been at this > business for nigh on 30 years now, and I am probably one of 50,000 such > techs that never saw a slipping Becket. All on pianos that never have a > hint of wire sticking out of the hole in the pin. On the other hand, I > have heard complaints about, and expericenced myself getting a finger > cut on those sharp edges when needs be I get my fingers in betwixt the > pins for some or another reason in the course of a service appointment. > Not to mention the overwhelming majority who just plain think it looks > shoddy. > > Slippage just aint gonna happen unless somethings mighty wrong with the pin. > > That little piece of wire sticking out is bad form at best in my book, > and totally unnecessary to begin with. Its easy enough to get a nice > tight level coil if thats without it, and actually... if level is a big > priority for you.... easier. Cant think of a single reason why I'd need > to know which string I replaced last time, but if I do find something > that makes good enough sense... keeping records is my option of choice. > > Cheers > RicB > > > > John Ross wrote: > > >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. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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