In a message dated 06/02/2000 10:51:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Paul Larudee writes: > Never saw much need to splice anything but bass strings. Like almost everything else, splicing of plain wire is a tradeoff, appropriate in some circumstances and not in others. The big advantage is pitch stability. One recall and the tuning of the spliced wire is usually acceptable until the next regular tuning. With new wire, the pitch is not stable for years. In institutional settings like a music school, where the pianos get all-day use and out-of-tune unisons aren't acceptable, I would be spending my life on string-pulling-up rounds if I didn't splice (I splice, mute off the spliced wire, and go back a few days later to remove the mute and re-tune). The tradeoff is that the tone is altered a VERY small amount, because of the extra mass (and bends) in the front duplex area. Most times it's a small price. Bob Davis
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