Knots to you

[Z! Reinhardt]

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If you're going to get involved with concert work, particularly that =
all-important tuning & touch-up just before the performance, you had =
better know how to splice a string.  Tuning stability and evenness of =
tone are very important, at least for the duration of the performance.  =
Yes, strings have broken within the last 10 minutes before the curtain =
rises, and the last thing you would want to do then is try to stabilize =
a new string and voice the note to match the others.  Besides, in the =
case of wound strings, a replacement would have to be ordered in from =
somewhere unless you have with you a set of wound strings for that =
particular model of piano.  (Universal bass strings and concert pianos =
don't mix tonally.)  Splicing the string will at least get the piano =
through the performance.  Afterwards, you can worry about putting in the =
new string.

Z! Reinhardt  RPT
Ann Arbor  MI
diskladame@provide.net
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Jon Page=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 9:56 PM
  Subject: Re: Knots to you


  At 09:26 PM 08/23/2001 -0400, you wrote:

    Would it not be much more practical to just replace the string with =
new wire?=20

    ::snip::

    Roy Czekay,=20
    Milwaukee=20


  On a grand. The cosmetic appearance is maintained by not having a =
shiny wire
  amongst the lot. There is less follow-up tuning due to less wire =
stretching (if you
  compress the knot sufficiently during tensioning).  No change in tone =
either from
  new wire.

  ::snip::

  Splices have a place in your arsenal,

  Jon Page,   piano technician
  Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
  mailto:jon.page@verizon.net
  http://www.stanwoodpiano.com
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