<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 23, 2007, at 4:04 PM, <A href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">This thread leads me to think there needs to be a class in advanced string repair for CAUTs (and others).</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Ditto what Allan said about Chuck Cook's string repair class. It looks like Joel Jones will be teaching a wire splicing class this year, also. But every technician should know how to splice, not just CAUTs.</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">My experience has been that splicing almost always produces the best repair.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>It stabilizes quickly and has the right timbre to match the other strings. This includes bass strings spliced in the speaking length and treble strings spliced in the front duplex.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>It is also the fastest repair.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>Hi Ed,</DIV><DIV>I will differ with you on this, just slightly. I used to replace every string, until I heard that splicing was the best repair. So, I learned how to tie a knot. For a while, I was splicing almost every broken string.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>But the primary reason strings break is wire fatigue. Many of the strings I have spliced have broken again in a different place. So now I replace them with fresh wire probably 90% of the time. But it completely depends on the situation.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>And, I can replace a string with new wire in under 10 minutes. Splicing can sometimes take me closer to 30, depending on the splice - especially the procedure you described for Sid.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Splicing is a tool you definitely need in your bag, but I don't think I agree that it is almost always the best repair.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Jeff</DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Jeff Tanner, RPT</DIV><DIV>University of South Carolina</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>