[pianotech] Piano wire

[John Ross]

I usually save the ends from sets of bass strings I have replaced, and use 
them for the odd splice.
Years ago I got a whole bunch of ends from  a place that rewound strings.
They were all dead straight. They gave them to me.
I wonder if the string makers, would make up small assortments of their 
discards, just for this purpose. They could give, or sell them to their 
customers.
They must know, that there are times when a tech just can't sell a new set, 
but possibly might in the future, and needs to splice.
Mind you, I can't remember where they are right now.
I just never seem to get around to getting things organized, been trying for 
years.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage at comcast.net>
To: "pianotech list" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 8:26 AM
Subject: [pianotech] Piano wire


I was tuning a 9' Steiff grand the other day and a single bass string broke.
The note below it was already spliced and I had to splice a wire in the 
tenor.

I mic'd the core at .060 (27.5 gage), so I need a piece of .061 (28 gage).
I've found that bass strings spices should be a size larger than the core.

I'm waiting to hear from a customer whose M&H BB broke a poorly replaced
bass string last week. I suggested that it would be a good time to
replace the set.
If he opts for the single replacement I can request the core splice
when I order
the string but in the mean time it'd be good to find a source.
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Regards,

Jon Page