String splicing

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The best pictures and descriptions for splicing that I know of are in the
Travis book "A Guide to Restringing" and the PTG source book for the
technical exam.


Phil Romano
Associate

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Moody <remoody@midstatesd.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: String splicing


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>> A picture is shown on page 106 of the Reblitz book
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>> Brian Lawson
>> PTG Assc, MPT.
>> Johannesburg, South Africa
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> Yep, but  guess what, it don't work quite the way he says.  The loops are
>right, but I have never been able to get the  "new leader to rotate in the
>direction of the arrow" and have the loops line up right.  With real thick
>wire you have to bend the loops so they slide up and down on each other
>easily.    It takes practice, and when it finally comes time to tie a
>splice, you are out of practice.   Photocopy the illustration and tuck it
>away in your tool box among your over size leader stock.
>And this is just one way, I have seen on rare occasions (or perhaps only
>one) a splice done as a square knot.  Does anyone know how to do this
>ne?  ---ric
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