Make a dummy tuning pin - cut a slot in the head of the pin, down to the eye. Make your coils and then it slides off. However, you have to open up the coil anyway to get it on the pin in the piano. I don't worry about it. I use a normal pin most of the time, wind my coils, use an awl to pull out the becket and place it on the pin in the piano. Lift and tighten with pliers/vise grips/whatever as you pull it up to pitch. WRM On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net> wrote: > What is the secret of getting the becket out of the hand coiler pin > (without messing up the coils) ? > > I finally gave it up and learned how to make nice tight coils (around the > pin) in the process of string replacement (with the proper number of coils > on the pin) > > Duaine > > On 03/22/2012 08:58 PM, William Monroe wrote: > >> 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 >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120322/de4a22ec/attachment.htm>
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