In a message dated 1/19/99 11:14:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, nossaman@SOUTHWIND.NET writes: << since that string was out of tune the very next day, week, month, etc. Life is short... splice first. >> Working in the casino's in Las Vegas is the training field for anyone needing to know how to splice. Most of the piano's that perform on a regular basis are usually under amplified and the pianist's use the sustain pedal as a volume control and drive-em like trucks. After getting called back at 10PM because the strings I had to replace earlier that day were out of tune and the next show was in 20 minutes made it necessary to have the know-how for making fast and reliable string repairs. Whenever bass strings break I would splice the wire and order a replacement from the manufacturer if I didn't already have one. I arrived one day to find a mono bass string that had broke at the agraffe and the speaking side of the bridge at the same time. An excellent article is in the PTG Tech. Source Book by Yat-Lam Hong. All knots tied have never failed. Stability is good. David Chadwick (was Associate, now RPT)
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