repairing broken bass strings

[Thomas Cole]

If you tie a knot in a piece of rope the same way we tie a string 
splice, you will find that, after playing around with the "bitter ends", 
that you do not have a reef knot or square knot as is commonly thought 
but a "thief's knot", which is what you would use to tie up your camel 
when you suspect someone is borrowing it during the night. The borrower 
will retie the rope in a square knot and thus you will confirm your 
suspicion.

Tom Cole

Gregor _ wrote:

> Jon,
>
> thank you for your explanations. The ascii art came out, but it doesn? 
> help much. But the photo helped. I tried that, but I was not very 
> successfull. After a few trials I established a conection. But on the 
> way to that it happened that the dead end of the splice loop came 
> under the dead end of the wire loop. I have to practice that before I 
> come to the next step which is to tighten that conection by pulling 
> the ends.
>
> What? about the other technique, that reef knot? That? what I saw in a 
> piano but I have no idea how to handle that. Seems to be very difficult.
>
> Paul, what are you talking about in your explanation how to make a 
> loop? Never heard of Vise-Grip or LokJaw.
>
> Gregor
>
>
>> From: Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net>
>> Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> To: pianotech at ptg.org
>> Subject: repairing broken bass strings
>> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:49:38 -0500
>>
>>> Make a loop in the wire and give it a slight bend at the cross-over.
>>
>>
>> To clarify this statement:
>> By 'bend at the cross-over' I mean once the loop is formed,
>> lift the loop by pressing the cross-over onto the wire.  ________./<loop
>> Half that bend is sufficient.
>>       /.---------->  /  splice
>> __ /________./    wire
>>     /
>>
>>
>> The loop on the splice is larger than the loop on the wire.
>> Pass the splice loop over the wire loop and onto the wire.
>> Insert end of splice into wire loop and pull loops together.
>>
>> I hope this ascii art come out.
>> -- 
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jon Page
>
>
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