JElving@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 97-10-25 10:33:42 EDT, Newton Hunt wrote: > > << I have had bass strings break at the bridge end, although, not often. I > have only experienced this on Yamahas. Sometimes the string had > previousl;y broken and been spliced at the tuning pin end. > > I have not been successful in splicing and making loops at the other > end. > >> > > I, too, have had some bass strings break at the bridge. Only one was I able > to make a decent splice on one such string. It was more a matter of > emergency, rather than convenience. So far all of mine have occurred on > Samick built pianos. The strangest was one small (read console) vertical that > had several bass strings break at both ends at the same time. At least when I > got there they were broken at both ends of the speaking length. > > John Elving, RPT > San Leandro, CA > JElving@aol.com Where you able to figure out which end of which? Newton
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