String Splice Time

[Farrell]

Thanks for your response Ron. A few more questions follow.

> >How long does it take you to get tools, custom make a universal bass
string,
> >put tools away?
>
> N/A I don't use them.

Just what the heck do you do for Uncle Joe's Salvation Missionary
Fundamentalist Primitive Savior of All Church when you go there to tune and
the poor old Young Chang upright (or better yet - 1960s Brand X spinet) is
missing 5 bass strings (they didn't break, they were vaporized)?

>Massage the knot with your needle (or chain) nose pliers.....

How does one massage a knot - just kinda squish it together?

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: String Splice Time


> >Hi List. Situation: Tuning piano in private home. Bass string breaks at
> >coil. Best solution - splice. How much time does it take you to go out to
> >your car, get appropriate tools, complete splice, put tools away?
>
> Hi Terry,
> Start to finish, maybe 15 minutes - 10 if the gods are smiling, 20 if I'm
> already running behind.
>
>
> >How long does it take you to get tools, custom make a universal bass
string,
> >put tools away?
>
> N/A I don't use them.
>
>
> >Also, when splicing (which I have just started to do on a regular basis)
how
> >do you ensure that the knot is as tight as it will go, i.e. that the knot
> >will not compact anymore with a resultant drop in string tension/pitch?
>
> Alan Crane showed us a neat little trick to help here. Massage the knot
> with your needle (or chain) nose pliers once it's under tension. Pull to
> pitch, massage, pull to pitch, settle coil, massage - repeat until pitch
> doesn't change after the massage. It works very well.
>
>
> Ron N
>