At 05:23 AM 2/27/2002 -0700, you wrote:,<snip> >"go-by" (something to go by) that you can keep in your kit. Lay it on top >of the pinblock when you have to do a knot. One color can represent the >existing string, and the other the piece you're using to splice it > --David Nereson, RPT, Denver Or print out this photo: http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/knot.html Right click on the photo at the top and <save as>. The knot was made with speaker wire, coloured with black marker. After the splice has been installed, cut the wire to three fingers instead of four (sans pinky). This way the wire will draw up leaving three coils on the pin. Pinch the knot with needle-nosed pliers from different angles to compress. With a little practice you will make a clean knot without long ends sticking out. Leave a mute in until the wire stretches. A felt mute is better than a rubber mute, rubber makes a harder termination and a noticeable thunk is heard. On longer strings I'll sometimes place two mutes, one front and one rear in case one falls out. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@attbi.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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