Mr. Temerariousnot (Good grief where do you find these words?!) <G>, You won't know if this string will tear again until you try it, which of course you have to do and for which you need a good dose of temerariousness. You can't leave it a quarter-step flat. If it tears, have one of those universal replacement strings handy (I keep a whole set on hand although I don't like them very much), or, if the piano is worth it, send the old string to a supplier to be duplicated. I am remembering two things from my vast storehouse of experience (pooh!). Once while tuning a string a previous technician had knotted, it tore -- at the knot. I replaced the string. In another instance I was trying to tune a piano from about 1860. The plain wire was so brittle that as soon as I tried to make a becket each little piece just broke right off. Since the piano wasn't worth saving they made a cozy little bonfire with it -- outside, of course! Clyde Hollinger Richard Moody wrote: > > I am servicing an Emerson upright from 1890. In raising to pitch a half step(to > 438 hoping for 435) , one bass string broke. The first single going down in the > bass. I tied it and have pulled it up to 1/4 step of its intended pitch. However > the tuning pin resistance feels like it is ready to snap again. Am I being a > chicken, or will this string break? (Core wire #22+, tire wire, 22) > How many of you have tied bass strings only to have them break upon pulling them up > to pitch? > Does anyone know if APSCO 24441 P.78 will fit? > > ---ric temerariousnot---
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