breaking strings

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Dick,
             The job can be done at tension,  the grooves in the V bars
increases the surface area and hence the friction, any corrosion or crud is
knocked out of the way. This action will round out the grooves a little,
just enough to free the string. Be gentle with your tapping.
Regards Roger




At 09:07 PM 08/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>                 A trick I learned from an old timer, use a string
>spacer,
>and space strings, lightly tap the spacer to the left and right, then tap
>strings back to original position.  We do this on some of the old trade
>ins
>(PSO's) with rusty strings and rearly get a brakage. Some work is needed
>to
>get rid of damper bleed. A side benifit is that it will clean up some
>false
>beats.
>Regards Roger
>
>
>Roger, I'm going to try this method, sounds good. Do you still let down
>the bass strings some before taking them up to pitch?
>Dick
>
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Roger Jolly
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