Knot Tying, was: An Awesome Moment

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Jon,
Nice pic.
The knot you show is what I refer to as a granny knot. The square knot will
have both the ends coming out of the same eye in the knot.
The square is my preferred knot since it is easier to get the knot to slip
over the bearing point since it has only one sharp edge to deal with. But
either will hold !
The other knot that is useful on bass strings, is the same on the winding
end as when making either of the above knots.
The other end uses a loop that is bent so that it will not distroy the
winding and the end of the wire needs to be long enough to be able to slide
through the winding end. Sort of like a shepherds crook with the wire coming
down along the staff further.
I really like the idea of different color wires for identification of
"Where's the wire"

Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage2001@attbi.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: Knot Tying, was: An Awesome Moment


> 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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