[pianotech] Replacing strings and coil lifters

[Mark Schecter]

One does not need another person if one makes the coil on a spare tuning pin, before slipping it over the real pin for tightening and coil dressing. 

-- Mark Schecter



On Oct 24, 2011, at 4:52 PM, "Joe Goss" <imatunr at srvinet.com> wrote:

> Yes There is. But it does not always something that a single person can do. One needs a third hand to pull the string tight as the other person is tightening the tuning pin and watching where the wire is going.
> I use a screw driver to help start the Beckett and then tighten the string . Or make the becket with a round shoulder / flat jaw pliers
> Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT
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>> Too often when replacing a single string there's not enough room for my coil lifter to work properly, so I have a dental pick with a hook on the end that helps, and a mini-flat blade screw driver with the blade bent in a L. But, that slows the whole process down and makes me think there has to be a better way. Are there any other crafty ways to lift a coil while tightening a single string?
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>> TIA,
>> -A-
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