lifting strings

[Cy Shuster]

I attended Charles' class at Nashville.  His tool seems like a standard wire 
bender, except that the bending slot is perhaps longer, and the handle is 
precisely designed for the task.  Also, usually just one end of a wire is 
tied down when we use a wire bender, so only a single bend is put in.  With 
a string held at both ends, his tool puts two bends in (like a "Z"). 
Imagine grabbing the string with pliers and twisting a bit...

I've seen a tool (in Schaff's catalog?) that purports to remove the kink in 
the speaking length that comes from a huge pitch raise, allegedly to remove 
false beats, so it would seem that at least some kind of kinks can have 
negative results...

Is this one of those situations where we have to chose the lesser of two 
evils?  (Certainly a string that's not even being struck is a bad thing...)

--Cy Shuster--
Bluefield, WV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: lifting strings


>
>>Ron N said: "Kinking" the wire is precisely how it works."
>>Ron N
>>So...Ron, would you consider that: 1.A bad thing 2.A good thing 3. Doesn't 
>>matter?????
>>Inquiring minds would like to know.<G>
>>Best Regards,
>>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
>
> Hi Joe,
> I'm not so sure it matters either way. We routinely "kink" (bend beyond 
> the elastic limit) wires when we form the bends around all the bearing 
> points when we install a string. While I keep hearing all about how kinks 
> in strings cause false beats or other dreaded problems, a lot of kinks are 
> left in speaking lengths of a lot of strings by a lot of people with 
> string hooks, to the improvement of tone, they report. And since there 
> aren't too many ways (that actually work) to lower a string that is 
> already too high, if Charles' tool does that, more power to it/him. My 
> pointing out that the tool kinks strings wasn't a judgement, just an 
> attempt to clarify and inject a little realism where I could. I like 
> realism, however unpopular it can be.
>
> Ron N
>
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