This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hey Joe, Is there a visual anywhere regarding this knot? I'd like to see how = it's done. Joy! Elwood Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT Piano Technician/Technical Director Department of Music 106 Fine Arts Building University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 38238 731-587-1152 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Joe And Penny Goss=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:01 AM Subject: Re: Tuner's Knot--NOT! Hi Dave, There is another knotfor bass strings that might work in this = case, One end ( the wraped ) is like the usual knot, while the other = looks like a shepherds crook. Use pipe cleaners to practice tying. The knot is applied by dry fitting the two ends and measuring the = length for the coil, before making the becket and coil. Start the coil = and watch the ends so that when thet are close they can be mated. You = will have to twist the crook into position or loosen the hitch and mate = the two ends then twist the string in the direction of the inner wrap. = The twist will only be like a half turn or so and is not hard to work = with. Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Piannaman@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 7:03 AM Subject: Tuner's Knot--NOT! Hi all,=20 My last job of the day yesterday was a not-so-long-ago refinished, = re-strung M and H AA. It was sitting in a room that could have doubled = as a sauna. No window coverings on the huge windows, direct afternoon = sun for hours. The side of the piano that faced the window was hot to = the touch.=20 I gave the owner a brief lecture about the importance of getting her = piano into a more temperate climatic situation, then set to work on a 30 = cent pitch raise. First note, A0: kinda tight feeling pin, yank, THUD! = Broken, right at the pin. Great opportunity to splice it with the knot = I practiced so diligently for so many hours. =20 I tried for about twenty minutes to get the leader(all I had was 21 = 1/2 string to use, and the core of the broken string was probably around = 24), but I could not get it into position so that I could interface the = two ends properly. The thick wire was pretty hard to work with, because = of lack of flexibility, but the main problem was that there was so = little space in that little corner of the piano.=20 Any ideas for making this repair a little easier? I'm certain that = it could be done. I will be ordering a new string, however, and given = that the strings are relatively new, that will be the best fix. =20 Why the original broke is a mystery to me. It seems likely that the = stringer bent it one too many times while installing it.=20 Input and advice? =20 Thanks,=20 Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d4/72/58/f3/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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