List, While we're on the subject of replacing broken strings, I'd like to pass along a tip I got MANY years ago about getting a new bass string on without removing, or even tilting, the action. To prevent having to struggle with the string trying to loop back toward the keybed (or wherever it tries to go) while trying to get it behind the action and down to the hitch pin, just take a medium size safety pin, hook it around the string next to the empty spot, put the loop of the new string on the pin and close the pin. Depress the damper pedal and just slid the new string down to the bottom, release it from the pin and attach it to the hitch pin. Occasionally it will try to do funny things, but usually it just slides straight down. Do the coil, pull it up and you're done. (Don't forget to put the twist(s) in the string). Bingo. Not much patience needed and no swearing (just in case the owner is within earshot). :-) I picked this up in a "bull session" at a convention in Dallas early in my career. That one little trick has more than paid for the cost of that convention. Especially in lack of aggravation. I hope this will be as useful to someone who has never heard of it as it has been to me. Avery >Amen. With just the right tension on the new string, I use my fingers, a >work lamp, and a long thin bladed screwdriver to manipulate it into place. >The tension on the string and the patience of Job are the secrets to >sucessfully complete the task and stop the swearing :-) > >Sincerely, > >Keith A. McGavern _____________________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu http://www.uh.edu/music/ _____________________________________
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