Breaking strings

Phil Bondi tito@philbondi.com
Sun, 23 Mar 2003 08:46:28 -0500


Kent Swafford said:

> Splices are generally considered permanent repairs. If the splice holds
> when you first bring up the tension on the new knot, there is every
> reason to think it will last as long as needed. My experience is that
> spliced strings tune just like regular strings.

Kent, I agree, but that has not been my experience..poorly wound coils on
the tuning pins..Splices at/on the V-bar or Capo bar..hard to tune..that's
the norm that _I_ have seen, hence my hesitation.

-Phil Bondi (Fl.)
phil@philbondi.com



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