<html> <body> Hey Greg - Are you, like, tripping? or something?  (just kidding, sort of).  Hoping you're not as, otherwise, the following analogy will really push you over the edge,  I think of the quote from a guy I read about once who got his hand caught in some machine and had the presence of mind to pull out his knife and cut it off before he was pulled into the machine.  "It was a hard thing to do, but I done it".  The quote has stayed with me, but I try not to imagine myself in his predicament, too often.   What's it mean?  You do what you got to do.  If you're in a "must splice" situation, then splice.  No need to obsess over it, but it might be worthwhile to keep your splicing skills up.  Also, carry a pocket knife.  Or two.  (your emotocon here) David Skolnik Hastings on Hudson, NY At 01:40 AM 2/23/2007, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hi All, What if the wire breaks half an inch from the winding? I remember seeing some journal comment about the possibility of cheating a little extra work room by unwinding a few coils, in a pinch of course.... this would make a bichord noisy, and isn't desirable for the single's inharmonicity, and I've never even gotten it to work.... but what if you are in the must splice scenario? Greg <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49938/*http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/"> Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar</a> alerts you the instant new Mail arrives.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49937/*http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/"> Check it out.</a> </blockquote></body> </html>