Failed string splicing -- charge for time?

[John Formsma]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Ed Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com> wrote:

>  John-
>
> In this situation you could have used a larger diameter leader.
> I wonder if something in your splice technique is making a ding in the
> wire.
> Were you splicing in the speaking length, or above the top bearing
> bar pin?
>
> Ed Sutton
>

Ed,
The first time, I used a larger diameter leader. The second time, I used the
same size as the original core.

I don't think anything that I did would have made a ding in the wire -- at
least not where it broke. The splice was in between the pressure bar and the
tuning pin.

And regarding your subsequent e-mail, it was the leader wire that broke each
time. The original wire and splice loop were obviously fine, since neither
broke. :-)  Usually, it's the other way around when I do it -- the original
wire breaks, and the leader wire is fine.

You could see small indentions in the V-bar, but it looked normal. So I
don't think the string was impeded by anything that might cause it to break
under tension.  (I couldn't feel the back side of the pressure bar.)

-- 
JF
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