Spinet Bass String

[WAYNE WILLIAMS]

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Have you ever heard of using a hollow curtain rod? I read about it in the
Arthur Reblitz book.=0D
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Wayne Williams=0D
Schroon Lake, NY =0D
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From: Pianotech=0D
Date: 07/09/05 15:24:10=0D
To: Pianotech=0D
Subject: Re: Spinet Bass String=0D
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Go to your local auto parts store, and buy an appropriate length of brake
line. It is fairly inexpensive. Feed the string through it, leaving the e=
ye
out, and you can feed it down fairly easily.=0D
If you drill a hole through it at the end, and put a centre pin through, =
and
CA/solder it in place. Then you can use it to feed behind the bass string=
s,
to replace a broken string. =0D
You separate the ends of the string, and as you pull up, you can be sure =
of
no twists in the string.=0D
I either got the idea at a convention class, or on this list.=0D
This proves that the list, and conventions, can inform you of a better wa=
y
to do a job. Saving you a lot of frustration.=0D
John M. Ross=0D
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada=0D
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca=0D
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From: Farrell =0D
To: Pianotech =0D
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 4:06 PM=0D
Subject: Re: Spinet Bass String=0D
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No need to remove action for bass string replacement on any piano (includ=
ing
spinet).=0D
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I find that I need to remove the action sometimes to replace a treble or
upper tenor string when the bridge pins and hitch pin is way up behind th=
e
action. I'll just bet that some resourceful techie out there routinely
replaces these without removing the action (or maybe most of you!). Care =
to
share tips/techniques?=0D
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I remember when I first started tuning pianos, I found that on many piano=
s -
especially spinets (and most especially on those 1970s Baldwin spinets wi=
th
the super-wide fallboard) - I had to remove the fallboard to make enough
room to put mutes into the strings for tuning. Now, of course, I think ab=
out
that and wonder what the heck my problem ever was.......=0D
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Terry Farrell=0D
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I will be practicing bass string replacement on a spinet (using universal
strings).  Is it necessary to take the action out like I would in a uprig=
ht,
or can I just go for it?=0D
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Thanks!=0D
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Matthew=0D
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