Lewis, No, it is not designed for restringing. It is designed to aid in single string replacements where the pin is still in the piano. It does a nice job, taking only slightly longer than doing it with the hand held coil maker and pin crank. ;-] I bought one when I was in a tool buying mood many years ago. A few months later, I got a hand held coiler and never looked back. William R. Monroe On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:50 PM, lewis Newman <musicbased at yahoo.co.uk>wrote: > Ok so seeing as i'm in tool buying mode, and i have 4 grands to string > soon, including a Bluthner with all eyes, i'm thinking about getting > the Sciortino insta coiler..Hoping it can save my hands from being totally > destroyed! > > My questions are, is it designed to be used for a full re string, or just > the occasional string replacement? > Is it worth getting??-Is anyone out there using this? > > I see the hand held version is loads cheaper, but i guess that might be a > bit fiddly to use?... > > I tried to search the archives, but all i could find was some argument > about beckets from 1997!... > > Thanks, > > Lewis. > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120322/d3c7e9f4/attachment.htm>
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