Thanks Ed. That clears it up for me. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu On Feb 28, 2007, at 12:10 PM, ed440 at mindspring.com wrote: > > Fred- > > First I make the loop on the short piece. > Then slip it over the long piece and slide it back a bit. > Then make the "counter loop" in the long piece. > Then slide the short piece into place. > > > Going back to the short piece: I straighten the coil as best as I > can, then grab the becket end with vise grips and turn it around > into a loop. Trying to bend back and straighten the becket bend > can weaken or break the wire; much better to continue the bend into > a loop. Then when the splice is made, I make a new becket and coil > on the end of the string. > Ed > >> >> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of >> Fred Sturm >> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:09 AM >> To: ed440 at mindspring.com; College and University Technicians >> Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT String Repair Class....was unusual repair >> >> >> >> Hi Ed, >> >> I wonder if I could ask for a wee bit of clarification. >> I am >> with you except for step 5. In step 5, do you make your loop in >> the long >> wire, then insinuate the becket through it, following with the >> rest of >> the short wire? Or do you have some technique for creating the >> loop in >> the long wire "around" the short wire? (BTW, I would add to your >> instructions for 1 and 2 "while applying tension to the strings - >> pulling on them to start unwinding the coil" or something a bit >> better >> worded). >> >> I have never considered using the short piece of existing >> wire, myself, thinking it too much trouble, and that the >> difference in >> "stretchability" wouldn't be that big compared to a new piece of >> wire. >> Of course, you waste some time going to get that piece of wire, but I >> don't carry around my splicing tools on my tuning rounds at the >> U, so >> it isn't an extra trip for me. But it's a trick that might come in >> handy >> some day. >> >> FWIW, a normal splice takes me a bit less time than a full >> string replacement. Once I read Bill Spurlock's article, maybe 15 >> years >> ago, I became an immediate expert <G>. >> >> Regards, >> >> Fred Sturm >> >> University of New Mexico >> >> fssturm at unm.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 23, 2007, at 7:58 PM, ed440 at mindspring.com wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Sid- >> >> >> >> This is for strings that break at the capo bar: >> >> >> >> 1) Back off the pin with the long string two turns. >> >> >> >> 2) Back off the pin with the short piece 1 and 1/2 turns. >> >> >> >> 3) Remove the short piece of wire and straighten it. Don't >> straighten >> the becket bend. Grab it in vice grips and make a loop, as close >> to the >> wire diameter as you can. Bend the loop up almost 90 degrees to the >> wire. (You are reversing the short piece. What used to be the >> becket >> is now the splice.) >> >> >> >> 4) Go to the back of the piano. Grab the long wire in the vice grips >> and pull it straight back, hard. Straighten out the hitch pin bend. >> >> >> >> 5) Slip the short loop on the long wire and make the second loop >> on the >> long wire, very close to the end. >> >> >> >> 6) Grab the end of the short piece in the vice grips and pull the >> loop >> tight (still toward the back of the piano.) >> >> >> >> 7) Cut the excess side points of the splice close to the loops. >> >> >> >> 8) Pull the wire straight to the hitch pin and bend it around. >> >> >> >> 9) Feed the wire under the capo bar, make a coil on a dummy pin >> and snap >> it onto the tuning pin. >> >> >> >> 10) Begin to add tension on the splice side of the string, >> watching to >> make sure the splice clears the v-bar and comes out on the front >> side. >> (Both loops of the splice must be clear, not just one.) >> >> >> >> 11) Snap the string between the appropriate bridge pins and space >> at the >> front bearings. (Loosen tension a little if needed to get the wire >> between the bridge pins.) >> >> >> >> 12) Pull to pitch, settle the string (pinch becket, pull up coils, >> tap >> at the hitch pin) and pull to pitch again. (If the concert starts >> in 5 >> minutes, pull a little bit over pitch on the "good" side, and a >> little >> bit more over pitch on the spliced side. Or if you prefer, wedge off >> the repair and come back in a day.) >> >> >> >> Once you suspend your disbelief this repair is.....a cinch. >> >> >> >> Ed >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Sid Blum <piano at sover.net> >> >> Sent: Feb 23, 2007 5:46 PM >> >> To: ed440 at mindspring.com, College and University Technicians >> <caut at ptg.org> >> >> Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT String Repair Class....was unusual >> repair >> >> >> >> Ed- >> >> >> >> This is the first I've heard about splicing treble wire. Please >> explain. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Sid >> >> >> >> >> >> This thread leads me to think there needs to be a class >> in advanced >> >> string repair for CAUTs (and others). >> >> >> >> My experience has been that splicing almost always >> produces the best >> >> repair. It stabilizes quickly and has the right timbre >> to match the >> >> other strings. This includes bass strings spliced in the >> speaking >> >> length and treble strings spliced in the front duplex. >> It is also >> >> the fastest repair. >> >> >> >> These repairs aren't hard to learn, given a bit of >> commitment to practice. >> >> >> >> The Technical Exam Source Book has an extensive article >> on splicing. >> >> It's a good place to start. >> >> >> >> Correct repairs of loose tuning pins and correct string >> winding and >> >> seating procedures also need to be addressed. I am >> doing some >> >> contract repairs at a college where many treble strings >> have been >> >> incorrectly replaced. It is a tuning stability >> nightmare, and I am >> >> beginning to think it is a waste of time to try to >> stabilize a >> >> string that was improperly installed to begin with. >> >> >> >> Ed Sutton >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Sid Blum >> >> sid at sover.net >> >> >> >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070228/355dbecc/attachment.html
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