Backcheck wire snapped?

kam544@flash.net kam544@flash.net
Wed, 15 May 2002 20:17:57 -0500


>Hi Greg,
>                 Most times on a vertical, you can punch them 
>straight thro' with a nail that has had the tip ground off.  Use 
>medium CA glue to fill the hole, and drill the correct sized hole 
>for the new wire.
>Roger

Roger, Greg, List,

A simpler act, though maybe not considered the most professional 
approach, is to drill a new correct size hole right next to the 
broken stub, insert a new wire and adjust as necessary.

It works just fine.

Keith McGavern
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA
http://www.highpointpiano.com/ptg/conv/chicago2002/


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