[CAUT] unusual repair

[John Ross]

There are times that splices are required.
What if you had not had a 'spare' piano, it would have saved your concert.
What if the piano was 50 miles from home, and you were not going to be in 
that neighborhood for a while, and didn't have a spare. The splice will 
match the tonal quality better, in a lot of cases.
Splices are a good tool, in lots of circumstances.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willem Blees" <wblees at bama.ua.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] unusual repair


>
>>
>> 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
>
>
> I don't "do" splices. Besides, it is my hope that this might
> convince "higher ups" that the piano needs to be restrung, if not a
> new block.
>
> Wim
> Willem Blees, RPT
> Piano Tuner/Technician
> School of Music
> University of Alabama
> Tuscaloosa, AL USA
> 205-348-1469
>