splicing bass strings

[Farrell]

ARGH!!!!! Oh, Jeeeeeeezzzzz. I was concerned about changing the scaling
parameters - I suppose really just trying to make him think before he did
it. But hey, I guess you have a point regarding mass lost + mass gained. I
should think there was a tad more mass in the copper per knot unit section.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh just forget I said anything! I'll crawl back into my hole.
:-)

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: splicing bass strings


> >I agree, you should have no trouble splicing in the speaking length -
just
> >don't go peeling copper windings off to make room!
> >
> >Terry Farrell
>
> Bless me Father, for I have peeled. What the heck (there's that word
> again), if the bass string "duplicators" can do it arbitrarily, why can't
I
> do it in the interest of practical expedience? Why wouldn't the extra mass
> of the splice in the speaking length offset the removed winding mass and
> leave you about where you started?
>
> Ron N