This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Terry, while I do not do this, there is a way to make the loop using = vice grips. You can get a much smaller loop that closes up much better. My rule of thumb to make the knot; 1. hold both string ends the same = way and make the loop with the end comming on the same side of the = string. 2. fold the loop over the end so that you have the end closest = to you. Doing this will form a square knot, which looks neat.=20 But not to worry either knot will hold as well, the other just looks = like a cuckel burr. 3. If the string breaks while rerplacing, use new string =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Farrell=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 3:53 PM Subject: Re: Joining PTG (to Patrick) I think Jon Page covered this pretty well, but additionally, the = drawings that I carry in my stringing tool box on service calls are the = ones appearing on page 106 in Reblitz, 2nd edition. The first one I ever = did worked great - tried it in a client's home! Of the couple dozen or = so I have now done, only one failed, and that went right away, so I = could redo it right then and there. I did one the other day in the plain = wire section just like the one on page 111 of the same book - right up = within the tuning pins. Boy was I proud of myself! Just give it a whirl. = I had always wondered what those round needle-nose plyers were for. I = had them for about two years before I ever tried to tie a knot. I = figured I could not do it either - but I was wrong! Good luck. Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 5:22 PM Subject: Re: Joining PTG (to Patrick) In a message dated 8/23/01 4:10:40 PM Central Daylight Time,=20 cedel@supernet.com (Clyde Hollinger) writes:=20 Patrick,=20 Several things. First, it does not take much time to join = PTG. You=20 need to get an application and submit it to your local chapter, = and they=20 need to=20 accept it, for which you will probably need to attend a chapter = meeting. =20 If you=20 are accepted, I highly recommend you attend the chapter meetings = regularly.=20 Second, you do not need to pass exams to join PTG, but you = must to=20 become an RPT (Registered Piano Technician). I urge you to make = this your=20 goal,=20 as it forces you to learn things you may otherwise never get = around to=20 practicing. The PTG has assembled resources you can buy that are = well=20 worth the=20 price.=20 Third, if you are "terrible" at replacing/splicing strings, = you may=20 be=20 going at it wrongly, or you may just need more practice. And some = of them=20 are a=20 bugger for nearly everyone, I suspect. Can you get a junker piano = somewhere to=20 practice on? That's what I did. You can practice all kinds of = things to=20 your=20 heart's content without being embarrassed if you botch things up.=20 Regards,=20 Clyde Hollinger, RPT=20 Lititz, PA, USA=20 Patrick Greene wrote:=20 > I have been busy trying to get my=20 > BS in business and have not had the time to join PTG. I fully = intend to=20 do=20 > it, but feel a little worried that I would have a hard time = passing the=20 > exam. It is not the tuning part that I am worried about. It is = the=20 string=20 > tying test. I am terrible at replacing strings and/or tying = them for that=20 > matter, therefore I feel that I would not pass that part of the = test.=20 Nicely stated Clyde. I didn't see the original post but I'd like to = add=20 something. While splicing a string is part of the Technical Exam, = you can=20 still pass that test even if you refuse to or don't know how to = splice a=20 string.=20 Some people are taught that string splicing is a substandard way to = make a=20 repair and thus have never learned the technique. If a technician = is very=20 well practiced in all other aspects, missing that one task won't = cause that=20 person to fail the exam. In fact, the exam is designed to have = enough=20 difficulty to make perfection a nearly unattainable goal.=20 On the other hand, string splicing is not all that difficult once = you=20 understand and practice the technique. Having someone who knows how = to do it=20 well show you step by step is the best way to learn.=20 Be challenged, not intimidated by the PTG Exams!=20 Bill Bremmer RPT=20 Madison, Wisconsin=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c3/57/84/a9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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