Breaking strings - Was: tough work

[John Ross]

Hi Clyde,
I keep the ends from sets of Bass strings I replace.
I have them in small roll pack in 6" lengths, in order.
That way I have the larger sizes for splicing. I always make sure that size
is within 1 thou. preferably larger.
On the question of large core wire, I have found a couple of times, that I
had to drill the hole in the tuning pin larger to accept the string.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 8:02 AM
Subject: Breaking strings - Was: tough work


> Friends,
>
> I ran into a new situation a couple days ago, when I let down the tension
of
> all the bass strings of a 1972 Baldwin finger-rail Acrosonic spinet to
reglue
> the bridge cap to the bridge.  Three of the double-wound bass strings
broke off
> at the becket.  Two of them I could repair, although it is difficult to
work
> with the very fat core wire of those lowest strings!
>

> Question for those who read this far:  Is #20 wire heavy enough to hold
the
> tension for the A#0 string for this piano?  I don't have any wire as thick
as
> this core wire, and I thought maybe the core is so thick, not because it
has to
> be for strength, but because it has to be like that for acoustic reasons.
Can
> you help me on this?
>

>
> Regards,
> Clyde