This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C581A7.CC9DC3A0 Hello Mark and List I did this on an old upright Bluthner very successfully. The knot in the = speaking length of the string must have replaced the loss of copper = covering to a degree. When replacing the string try taking it off the = hitch and putting a full twist (in the tightening-up-the-covering = direction) before replacing and tuning. Use "vise-grips" to help control = it. Did you use the "reef-knot" method? ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 6:08 PM Subject: Re: Bass String Splice > 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 -----=20 > From: <mps@usol.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 10:35 AM > Subject: Bass String Splice >=20 >=20 >> 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 >> Download Photoshop(R) Album 2.0 Starter Edition free to create your own = photo slideshows! http://www.adobe.com/getstarteredition ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C581A7.CC9DC3A0 An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/05/b3/e2/24/attachment.htm ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C581A7.CC9DC3A0-- ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: bassstringrepair_0499.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 24300 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6e/c7/6e/4b/bassstringrepair_0499.jpg ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: bassstringrepair_0505.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 10724 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/81/cd/f6/d3/bassstringrepair_0505.jpg ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: maximb'day+bassstringrepair_0504.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 11567 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c2/90/c4/09/maximbdaybassstringrepair_0504.jpg ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: bassstringrepair_0509.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 26934 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/50/d5/30/80/bassstringrepair_0509.jpg ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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