At 21:26 08/23/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Would it not be much more practical to just replace the string with new wire? >If a string broke once, it for sure will break again in the future. > <snip> >Roy Czekay, Milwaukee As the song goes, "It ain't necessarily so". Just one example - I've got a 243 console in a practice room which has a bass string I tied in 1982 (it was brand new at the time). The string broke right at the pin, so there was lots to work with above the sounding length, and I sure didn't have problems matching the string (one of bi-chord). I suspect some rough treatment in the factory might have nicked the string. If it had been an old, obviously corroded string I would have replaced both as others have recommended. As with many other repairs in this business, it was a judgement call. And definitely YMMV! Conrad Hoffsommer - Decorah, IA (563)-382-8525 Usually I try to take it one day at a time, but lately several have attacked me at once...
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