---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Sheesh..Michael. If you strip 2 inches of copper of the top of that stri= ng it will be untunable!!!!. I have encountered dozens of this type of repai= r here in the bush, and not one of them ended up with a musical note. Repla= ce the string either with a universal or get one made is the only way to go other than shortening the copper!!=0D =0D Regards=0D Robin Stevens ARPT=0D South Australia=0D =0D -------Original Message-------=0D =0D From: Pianotech=0D Date: 06/07/05 03:33:08=0D To: pianotech@ptg.org; Carl Teplitski=0D Subject: You have received photos from Adobe Photoshop Album=0D =0D Hello Carl T and List=0D I send these photos (taken Nov 02 of a large Bluthner upright over-strung under damped) which had a broken bass string. The breakage occured leavin= g too little core to use to tie a knot in so I had to resort to stripping b= ack some of the copper covering. The photo story shows how I repaired it usin= g a pre-formed reef-knot technique. I thought I had sent these photos before. They were taken with a cheapo Kodak DC3200 so there's a lot of fuzziness = - but the message gets through, I hope! Look at them in this order:=0D 0512.jpg Showing the broken end still attached to the wrest pin=0D 0513.jpg Using a strong bradawl to gouge out the becket=0D 0515.jpg The break was at the top guide pin=0D 0508.jpg Mic'ing the core - the new wire must be the same diameter!=0D 0510.jpg Using the side-cutters to score through the copper covering=0D 0509.jpg Removing/unwinding the old copper covering back to the scored pa= rt (see 0510.jpg)=0D "string repair.jpg" Using the small round-nosed pliers to pre-form one ha= lf of the reef knot=0D 0506.jpg Bending a "shepherds crook" Both ends are treated this way and = its a lovely Chinese puzzle to assemble the knot!=0D 0504.jpg The assembled reef knot!=0D 0511.jpg Using the "T" hammer to unwind the wrest-pin four whole turns!=0D =0D NOTE: This selection of photos comes with a down-load site for Photoshop(= R) Album 2.0 Starter Edition so you can see them!=0D =0D =0D Download Photoshop(R) Album 2.0 Starter Edition free to create your own photo slideshows!=0D http://www.adobe.com/getstarteredition=0D =0D Regards from a bright but overcast evening in the Village=0D Michael G.(UK)=0D =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/11/55/0e/54/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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