Broken string repair

[ted simmons]

A brass ballpoint pen refill is just the right size for this.  Run a wire
through it to clean it out or flush it out with water, bend it as you
described and put it to work.
Ted Simmons

> From: Newton Hunt <nhunt@optonline.net>
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 11:04:12 -0400
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Broken string repair
> 
> Take a piece of brass or copper tubing and bend it into a question mark (?).
> You will need some way (piano wire) to prevent the tubing from collapsing.
> THread the tubing under the pressure bar, stick the wire into the hole then
> lift
> the wire and tubing out.  Neat, effective and easy.
> 
> Newton