[CAUT] unusual repair

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Wim  writes:

<<  So this morning I replaced it with a 4, but in 

the process, the string broke. First at the becket, but then after I 

wrestled with that for a few minutes, as I brought it up to pitch, the 

string broke at the pin.  I told the professor in charge of this 

concert that there is nothing I could >>

This is not unusual, since the bending at the becket and at the coil weaken a 
string.  I wonder why you didn't simply splice in a new topstring? 
 
Ed Foote RPT 
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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