---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 05:53 PM 08/23/2001 -0400, you wrote: >I think Jon Page covered this pretty well, but additionally, the drawings >that I carry in my stringing tool box on service calls are the ones >appearing on page 106 in Reblitz, 2nd edition. The first one I ever did >worked great - tried it in a client's home! Of the couple dozen or so I >have now done, only one failed, and that went right away, so I could redo >it right then and there. I did one the other day in the plain wire section >just like the one on page 111 of the same book - right up within the >tuning pins. Boy was I proud of myself! Just give it a whirl. I had always >wondered what those round needle-nose plyers were for. I had them for >about two years before I ever tried to tie a knot. I figured I could not >do it either - but I was wrong! Good luck. > >Terry Farrell Bass strings give the most trouble when splicing. If the knot fails after the second attempt, plan on just ordering a replacement (all strings of the unison on a quality piano). If you're feeling brave, attempt the third go. Sometimes the third time's a charm, sometimes knot. Use 1/2 size larger diameter than the original for the splice. Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jon.page@verizon.net http://www.stanwoodpiano.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/8d/9c/dc/6b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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