String Splicing

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Hi Tom,
Without seeing how much string there was left to work with it is difficult
to make just one statement of what one might do to remedy the problimSo here
are a few might have dones.
1. used #16 to make a new splice ( if there was enough wire left )
2. used #16 wire and made two splice ends. This would give more wire to work
with but the wire would have to be worked (ironed down ) to remove the kinks
where the string rested against the bridge pins.
3.. Used the #15 1/2 wire to make the unison have two speaking wires and
located the two wires on the outside position. This would have a softer
sound on that note but still a sound :O((
Joe Goss
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Robinson <tomnjan@bellsouth.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: String Splicing


> About a month ago I was tuning a 243 at the local high school just hours
> before a scheduled concert and an old splice on a treble string failed.
> I measured the string and discovered that I did not have the right size
> replacement (I think it was a 15 1/2).  Since I had access to an
> identical little used piano at the school, I borrowed the string from
> it.  I now wonder what I could have done in the same situation had I not
> had the other piano to scavenge from.  Then I wondered about what you
> guys (the experts......) would have done.  I did have on hand sizes 15
> and 16 wire.  Which could/should I have used.........and why (or why
> not).
>
> Tom Robinson
> East Tennessee
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