[pianotech] Cleaning Very Old Plate (now string cleaning)

[Douglas Gregg]

Thumpe,

I would not want to heat the coil end of the string as this will
probably take the temper out of the end of the string if you heat it
enough to make it malleable. It would likely either break more easily,
or stretch, or both.

It is actually fairly easy to get it straight by hand. If you pull up
in the middle of the string as you are unwinding the coil from the
tuning pin, you will end up with a long helical winding that can be
straightened further with fingers and/ or electrician pliers. Pliers
help when you get to the end near the becket.

Doug Gregg
Classic Piano Doc


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Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 15:05:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
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Would heating the straightened-out coils with a torch in some uniform,
controlled manner prior to reinstalling perhaps help prevent them from
breaking when being wound again around the pins???

Thumpe?
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