Buzzing string problem

[Jon Page]

When I started out, I stocked an assortment of universal strings.
I used them so rarely I threw them out after many years.
For one thing, they were used temperarilly until the replacement
arrived. I saw that as an excersize in creating more work for myself.
Plus the hex core must score the agraffe or v-bar.

If a string is broken, I measure it and order a new one by fax.
To measure without the wire, subtract 1/8" from the h/p to winding
and 1/4" on the winding length; this will stretch to pretty much match.
For a quality grand, I will replace both strings for harmonic purposes.

Just my twist on things, 
Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 01:29 AM 8/27/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>> From: Avery Todd <atodd@UH.EDU>
>> To: pianotech@ptg.org
>> Subject: Re: Buzzing string problem
>> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 6:32 PM
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>> Hi Phil,
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>, send the broken one off and have it duplicated. 
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>ever doing so again. 
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>I have to agree, because I hadn't used one in a few years and found out
>for the 5th time why it is better to have the broken one duplicated.  If
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>charge for the time it takes to unwind the universals esp the ones with
>tiny wrap, you save your client a few $'s and treat yourself to a "proper
>professional experience".  
>	I was so frustrated with my last universal, (in a Winter Spinet) I almost
>succomed to a short
>cut I saw a few times in bar pianos. There the tech didn't bother to
>unwind, he simply strung the whole thing across the bridge!!  
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>Ric The Replacer
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