Bass String Splice

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Mark, On original strings, only a little of the ends are swedged to
tighten the winding and hold it in place.
Universal strings on the other hand, I think, have a square shape or swedge
to the entire core as one does not know where the ends of the wire will be,
so it is necessary to have that as a part of their design. This is most
likely why there is so much negative comment as to the sound of the
universal replacement strings. There is more chance that there will be
unequal segments in the core causing beating on a single string, thus
causing a problem for the unison bichord.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mps@usol.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 10:35 AM
Subject: Bass String Splice


> Hello to all!
>
> This morning I spliced a broken single bass string on an old upright.
> Since the the wire broke relatively close to the copper windings, it was
> necessary to remove some of them to be able to make the needed
> loop in the wire.
> All went well with the splice until I began pulling it up to pitch. It now
> has "zero" tone to it. It sounds as though it is being dampened
> somewhere. (However, it is not!)
> Could it be that too many windings were removed and it is now new
> wire time?  (I removed about an inch of the copper)
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Mark
> Montbriand
>
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