I have gone so far as to splice on the speaking length of ass strings. Worked for me. Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 11:10 PM 8/5/97 -0500, you wrote: >LTpianoman@aol.com wrote: >> >> Thanks to Ralph Martin, Avery Todd, John Fortiner & Norm Barrett I had good >> luck with raising the pitch on an old Hobart M. Cable upright that was 113 >> cents flat and not tuned in years. I only broke 2 bass strings <snip> > >You are very welcome for any help I may have been. Yes, Sometimes >strings break in spite of how careful you are. If you don't know how, >perhaps the next thing to learn is how to tie a string. I always tie a >string if it can be tied rather than replace it because a new string >will stretch like crazy. A tied string will stretch somewhat but not >nearly as much. Everyone may not agree with this but does a tied string >really matter on a neglected Hobart M. Cable? Just food for thought. > >Norman Barrett >Memphis, TN > >
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