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Topic: changing strings on a p/p... |
John Steele (deceased)
From:
Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 21 Jan 2005 2:58 pm |
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...without losing your mind.
I'd like to pass along some worthwhile advice which I received many years go from former forumite Tom Quinn. And, thank you Tom.
Lately the subject of those pesky endpins has come up. This was Tom's advice/method, which I've decided is pretty practical.
1. Place the ball end of the string on the pin, and stretch it across the keyhead, and measure the length you'll need to cut it to length. For smaller strings, you'll want to measure about two key-lengths past the one you're going to use, and for larger guages only one. Cut your string to length.
2. Either by this point, or shortly after you start to try to wind the string onto the tuning key, it'll inevitably come off the pin. That's OK... let it dangle. Don't get in a snit.
3. Wind the string onto the tuning key only enough to be sure it will hold, then
4. Stop and replace the ball end on the pin, and hold the excess string up gently in an arc above the fretboard, making sure it's on the nut, and wind away.
Voila.
Or is that Viola ? 
-John |
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Ole Dantoft
From:
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Posted 22 Jan 2005 3:30 am
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I learned another way of doing it, which works for me every time : Put the string on the pin, take a small piece of foam-rubber and wedge it in between the changer and body of the guitar and it'll hold the string onto the pin for as long as you want it to, leaving both your hands free to put the string on.
Just make sure that before you wind the string up to pitch, you remove the foam-rubber and make sure that the string is pushed ALL the way to the bottom of the pin or you might break the pin !
Ole
www.oledantoft.dk
[This message was edited by Ole Dantoft on 22 January 2005 at 03:34 AM.] |
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Charlie Moore
From:
Deville, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2005 5:16 pm
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Well,i use half of a clothes pin wedged between the pin and body,now you city boy's might not have a clothes pin,...WALMART does.....c ya..
Charlie..... |
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Bob Knight
From:
Bowling Green KY
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Posted 22 Jan 2005 5:47 pm
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I have been using a piano tuning mute for years, they are rubber and hold the ball end all the way against the finger. The cost less than $1.00
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Guest
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Posted 24 Jan 2005 12:06 pm
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| I use 2 wood pencils-no stress here. Never broke a pin (yet!). |
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Lawrence Lupkin
From:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2005 12:08 pm
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The rubber handle of my wire cutters works well also.
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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