String splicing

[kam544@flash.net]

>...it uses the loop as the above knots have on the speaking length and
>a shephards crook loop on the splice end.  I like to put a bend in both of
>the wires of the crook so that it is easier to pass both the waiste end and
>end that will be going in the tuning pin.
>Joe Goss.

There is an excellent description and pictorial of this string knot
submitted by Harold Staaf of Destin, Florida in the Piano Technicians
Journal, February issue, 1981, page 16.

I have been using this one exclusively for years with great success, *and*
it's easy to remember.

Keith McGavern
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA