I had the same thing happen to me except it was the right index. I was only pulling on the old strings to remove them from the tuning pins before cutting them. I was using my string hook and while pulling I felt caught. I then noticed that there was a piece of string (tenor #20) stuck in my index. So after unhooking it, the blood was flowing. Then I used CA glue to stop the blood. It works fantastic for this. No waiting in emergency room. It was sore for about two days but CA saved that day for me. Marcel Carey So after carrying out this very dubious procedure about a dozen times SURPRISE! a becket sliced right through the flesh of my left index finger, opening up a surprisingly large flap of skin, with lots of blood oozing out. After dripping blood around the school a janitor helped bandage me up, so I could then spend 3 hours in the emergency room waiting for a doctor to spend 5 minutes sewing me up. So ... Thursday afternoon was a complete wash ($75 co-pay for the ER visit), and today I've elected to "do office work" and wait for a COD FedEx delivery (the bass strings from Samick). Have to wear a finger splint to keep the wound from opening up if I bend the finger. Patrick
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