This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment No reason for your thumb to hurt Barbara, you just need the right tools. = Most levelling needs to be done in the low tenor, center section and = upper bass. Fortunately, there are agraffes against which to work. I = have a home made tool made of maple and wire which levers against the = top of the agraffe to allow the speaking length of the strings to be = levelled. It also has a brass face on the other end and a spirit level, = similar to Mother's tool. This tool would probably be better if it were = made of solid brass, but I'm not set up to do such things. Ocassionally = the tip breaks off of the wire, but it only takes a few minutes to = fashion a new one. Owen=20 Kingston, ON Canada ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Barbara Richmond=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 9:59 PM Subject: Remedial String Leveling OK folks, I've been amazed when I've read on this list that string leveling in = grands is so simple and takes so little time. I know I read it--it made = a big impression on me. Well, it takes me a long time and it's work! I = push from below, I pull from above. I guess my results are OK, but = sometimes I can't get them perfect and give up. My best tool for = pulling up is a dowel with a hole drilled through with heavy piano wire = threaded through and made into a hook. I read the archives about how = great the string hook Don Mannino uses, <that I have> and how well it = works for other people. If I could sing, I'd break out into a soulful = rendition of Gershwin's "But Not for Me." :-[ =20 I brace my arms on the piano, and pull with both hands. I'm always = thrilled when pushing from underneath and the tool slips and I smash my = thumb on the plate or pinblock or whatever. Is there a secret or am I just a weakling (and a short one at that)? = Is it more difficult to level the strings in a piano whose strings are = 10 or more years old? So, what are the best techniques or tools? = Somehow I've missed out on this information. It won't be the first time = something obvious has gotten past me. No need to get into how to tell = the things are level, that's no problem and there was just a thread = about that if I remember correctly (and I've got that tool, too). Thanks, Barbara (I am frustrated over this and my thumb hurts) Richmond, RPT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/bb/d1/5b/2c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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