A couple of days ago I came across the first tenor string broken. With time constraints, I removed the good part from the hitchpin and tied a single string hitchpin loop and it worked just fine. Only two strings for the note but the tri-chord damper fell right in between and the tone worked with the bass note well enough. I do remember as I brought it up hoping it doesn't break and I've done this work for nothing. David ilvedson > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 11:10:22 -0500 > From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@redrose.net> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: strings o spinet > Reply-to: pianotech@ptg.org > Michael Jorgensen wrote: > > > > Speaking of non traditional coils, I know an old Story and Clark grand > > with only 3/4 turn around the pin on a bass string with a good sharp > > bend at the becket. This holds fine and has been like that for atleast > > a dozen years. > > If a string breaks at the coil on an old mostly-worn-out upright I'm > tuning, usually in the high treble somewhere, I usually unwind enough > wire off the other tuning pin to re-use the same string. I usually end > up with 1 or 1 1/4 coils on each pin. And yes, the tuning seems to hold > just fine. I do this because it won't go out of tune as drastically as > a new string, I'm not very good at knots, and I think it's faster and > therefore less cost for the client. But I do wonder sometimes -- is > this considered poor craftsmanship, considering what kind of pianos I do > this in? > > Clyde Hollinger > > > David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA ilvey@jps.net
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