[pianotech] Sciortino insta coiler.

[Isaac Sadigursky]

Hi, John!
Small Awl or Ice Picker [sharp end],pulls out becket much faster and  
safer..
Either tool with SHARP end works good and fast to remove old coils  
from tuning Pin..
Try it..
Good luck!
isaac
On Mar 23, 2012, at 7:01 PM, <johnparham at piano88.com> <johnparham at piano88.com 
 > wrote:

> Bill,
>
> I use the very same method as you describe here except I remove the  
> coil
> with a small screwdriver, prying it out using the top of the dummy
> tuning pin as the fulcrum. At that point the only part of the coil  
> that
> has to be squeezed onto the existing pin in the piano is the becket.
>
> -John Parham
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Sciortino insta coiler.
>> From: William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net>
>> Date: Thu, March 22, 2012 10:40 pm
>> To: pianotech at ptg.org
>>
>>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>
>