Last Hurrah?/ broken strings

[Newton Hunt]

You are right, I got my fore and aft confused.  Happening a lot
lately.

		Newton

John Ross wrote:
> 
> Hi Newton,
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Newton Hunt <nhunt@optonline.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Last Hurrah?/ broken strings
> 
> > This guy must be a sailor with that name.
> >
> > I think tiny little knots are elegant.  If the knot is in the
> speaking
> > length and it is done well and the string is twisted I have
> been
> > unable to hear the difference in tone between the spliced and
> the
> > unspliced string.  Even on smaller pianos.  I can measure it
> but the
> > difference is insignificant.
> >
> > Splice that mainstay!
> 
> Would that be, "splice the mainbrace", a naval term, for an extra
> tot of rum?
> I never did learn how to put that little <snip> in there.
> 
> Regards,
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
> 
> >
> > Newton
> >
> > Yardarm103669107@AOL.COM wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey Joe:
> > > Every one but two were in the speaking length since most
> broke at the
> > > agraffe. This didn't do much for tone quality, but in that
> venue, it didn't
> > > make a lot of difference. The other two broke just above the
> agraffe and gave
> > > me just enough slack to make a knot between the pin and
> agraffe. Not elegant
> > > overall, but it did the trick.
> > > Cheers. Paul
> >