This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment That's just asking for trouble. Cracked lid, butt marks in the finish= , etc. With the front lid open, stand on the plate...;-] David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California Original message From: "Barbara Richmond" To: Pianotech Received: 10/19/2005 7:54:04 AM Subject: Re: Remedial string leveling I'll second that! Barbara Richmond PS Dale, at first I thought you couldn't visualize my standing on the = keybed (not). Today I received an anonymous email stating that the re= al way to get leverage is to sit on the lid and brace one's feet on the= stretcher... ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Erwinspiano@aol.com To: pianotech@ptg.org Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:33 AM Subject: Re: Remedial string leveling Hi Ed I can't visualize this. Maybe it's to early . How about a picture or= remedial tutoring? Dale Greetings, Maybe I missed it being mentioned, but the Steinway factory techs= used a monkey spring with a notch cut above the right angle. This is placed= upon the agraffe with the right-angle under the string. With a very slight = levering, a string can be straightened coming out of the agraffe or eve= n slightly bent above the agraffe's hole. I have done all my string leveling on agraffe-held strings with t= his tool for many years and never had a problem. Very rarely do I find an = unlevel string in the capo section, but when I do, a small , filed down string = hook is a very simple way to deal with them. Regards, Ed Foote RPT Erwins Pianos Restorations 4721 Parker Rd. Modesto, Ca 95357 209-577-8397 Rebuilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin Sales www.Erwinspiano.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/11/1d/c9/7c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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