Hi Joe, I was thinking a "single" string that broke below the'pressure bar' that Mark had to unwind to splice. I just read you response to mine. Bichords are another matter and I agree with your system and advice entirely. Hubert Liverman Opelika,Al > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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