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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Fred,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>I’ve always used the short piece of
existing wire I guess because I’m too lazy to go get wire…also, I
think part of the beauty of splicing (besides all of the other advantages) is
the immediacy of it. You break a wire and then take care of it right then and
there. It almost always takes less than 10 minutes and I’ve done it in as
little as 5 when everything is going right. This includes straightening all the
bends, leveling the strings and pounding the note until the pitch has pretty
well stabilized. I’ve had strings break at so many inopportune times that
I just keep the couple of extra tools with me at all times. I had to splice F2 (#21
wire) on a Steinway D recently the day before a Concerto. I did have to make a
trip to get wire for that splice because it broke at the tuning pin but even
this difficult splice took 15 minutes once I had the wire. It was 100% stable
by the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>We have the perfect set-up to practice
splicing (practice rooms) and I strongly urge everyone to take advantage and
hone that skill for the time where it could save a performance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>BTW, of the possibly hundreds of splices
here, I find it extremely rare for a spliced string to break again or fail in
any way.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
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caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Fred Sturm<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 28, 2007
10:09 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> ed440@mindspring.com; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [CAUT] CAUT String
Repair Class....was unusual repair</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi Ed,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=apple-tab-span><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></span>I
wonder if I could ask for a wee bit of clarification. I am with you except for
step 5. In step 5, do you make your loop in the long wire, then insinuate the
becket through it, following with the rest of the short wire? Or do you have
some technique for creating the loop in the long wire "around" the
short wire? (BTW, I would add to your instructions for 1 and 2 "while
applying tension to the strings - pulling on them to start unwinding the
coil" or something a bit better worded). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=apple-tab-span><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></span>I
have never considered using the short piece of existing wire, myself,
thinking it too much trouble, and that the difference in
"stretchability" wouldn't be that big compared to a new piece of
wire. Of course, you waste some time going to get that piece of wire, but I
don't carry around my splicing tools on my tuning rounds at the U, so it
isn't an extra trip for me. But it's a trick that might come in handy some day.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=apple-tab-span><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></span>FWIW,
a normal splice takes me a bit less time than a full string replacement. Once I
read Bill Spurlock's article, maybe 15 years ago, I became an immediate expert
<G>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Fred
Sturm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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w:st="on"><font size=1 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=1 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black'> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">New Mexico</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font
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href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Feb 23, 2007, at 7:58 PM, <a
href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sid-<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>This is for strings that break at the capo bar:<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>1) Back off the pin with the long string two turns.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>2) Back off the pin with the short piece 1 and 1/2
turns.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>3) Remove the short piece of wire and straighten it.<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>Don't straighten the becket bend.<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>Grab it in vice grips and make a
loop, as close to the wire diameter as you can. Bend the loop up almost 90
degrees to the wire.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(You are
reversing the short piece.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>What
used to be the becket is now the splice.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>4) Go to the back of the piano.<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>Grab the long wire in the vice grips
and pull it straight back, hard.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Straighten
out the hitch pin bend.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>5) Slip the short loop on the long wire and make the
second loop on the long wire, very close to the end.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>6) Grab the end of the short piece in the vice grips
and pull the loop tight (still toward the back of the piano.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>7) Cut the excess side points of the splice close to
the loops.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>8) Pull the wire straight to the hitch pin and bend it
around.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>9) Feed the wire under the capo bar, make a coil on a
dummy pin and snap it onto the tuning pin.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>10)<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Begin
to add tension on the splice side of the string, watching to make sure the
splice clears the v-bar and comes out on the front side. (Both loops of the
splice must be clear, not just one.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>11) Snap the string between the appropriate bridge
pins and space at the front bearings. (Loosen tension a little if needed to get
the wire between the bridge pins.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>12) Pull to pitch, settle the string (pinch becket,
pull up coils, tap at the hitch pin) and pull to pitch again.<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>(If the concert starts in 5 minutes,
pull a little bit over pitch on the "good" side, and a little bit
more over pitch on the spliced side.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Or
if you prefer, wedge off the repair and come back in a day.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Once you suspend your disbelief this repair is.....a
cinch.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ed<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>From: Sid Blum <<a href="mailto:piano@sover.net">piano@sover.net</a>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sent: Feb 23, 2007 5:46 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>To: <a href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</a>,
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName>
<<a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</a>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT String Repair Class....was
unusual repair<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ed-<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>This is the first I've heard about splicing treble
wire.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Please explain.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sid<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>This thread leads me to think there needs to be a
class in advanced<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>string repair for CAUTs (and others).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>My experience has been that splicing almost always
produces the best<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>repair.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>It
stabilizes quickly and has the right timbre to match the<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>other strings. This includes bass strings spliced in
the speaking<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>length and treble strings spliced in the front duplex.<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>It is also<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>the fastest repair.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>These repairs aren't hard to learn, given a bit of
commitment to practice.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Technical Exam Source Book has an extensive
article on splicing.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>It's a good place to start.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Correct repairs of loose tuning pins and correct
string winding and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>seating procedures also need to be addressed.<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>I am doing some<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>contract repairs at a college where many treble
strings have been<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>incorrectly replaced.<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>It is a tuning stability nightmare,
and I am<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>beginning to think it is a waste of time to try to
stabilize a<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>string that was improperly installed to begin with.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ed Sutton<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>--<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sid Blum<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:sid@sover.net">sid@sover.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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