Regarding the upper plate pin, I have done that only once, and it was several years ago. As far as I know, they are basically nails driven into a hole. A nail is what I used to replace. (It was on an Aeolian-made Mason & Hamlin.) So bring several nails of various diameters, along with a drill and small bits. If my recollection is correct, I was able to drill it out with no real difficulty. You can cut off the end of the nail and round off and smooth it with a Dremel ... or a file. YPMV (Your Piano May Vary) FWIW, I generally unwrap some copper winding on a splice, unless the break is right at the tuning pin *and* there's enough length that you won't run into the problem you mention. Experience is a great teacher, and I'm sure you'll remember the next time(s). :-) And I rarely worry about how the spliced string will sound. I figure the added mass of the splice more-or-less equals the subtracted mass of the winding. -- JF On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>wrote: > Hi Folks. I just got back to my shop after trying to replace a spliced > bass string and have run into a problem. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110211/b526a7bf/attachment.htm>
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