At 08:57 AM 1/26/2006 -0500, you wrote: >It's done that way all the time with nothing scary happening. > >Terry Farrell > >----- Original Message ----- >>I've got a new set of bass strings (and pins) to install. My plan was to >>install them one or two at a time so the changes in pressure on the plate >>would be minimized, and I'd planned to do it this weekend. However, the >>pins shipment was waylaid, and they may not arrive in time for the weekend. >> >>Is there any harm in destringing the entire bass section and doing >>cleanup while waiting for the arrival of the pins? It's a 1921 6'1" >>Baldwin Grand. >> >>Thanks, >>John Dorr Terry, et al, be right, but there are other considerations. - Time. Frustration. Bloodletting. For some unknown reason, I once did a bass restringing in that piecemeal fashion. It takes longer because you are always working around the strings/pins on both sides which are still in place. If you are going right up/down the line, you have no problem getting tools and fingers in there for driving pins, coil tightening, etc. or spinning the pin for/if you are twisting the strings. (i.e. if they require twisting) my 2½¢ Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.
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