Failed string splicing -- charge for time?

[Fenton Murray]

Do you charge for your splicing attempts that fail? :-)
Any repair that I consider my self an expert at I charge for, if I'm learning or experimenting and it fails, I might eat it.
Fenton


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Formsma 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 3:36 PM
  Subject: Re: Failed string splicing -- charge for time?


  On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Joe And Penny Goss <imatunr at srvinet.com> wrote:

    Hi John,
    With the concert use and distance. I would not replace the string, but alter the damper head to control sustain.
    I have never been able to splice a Yamaha bass string. The swedge seems to be too close to where the knot is,
    and the string breaks again every time. But still I try to splice.


  Joe,


  The strange thing about it was that the damper worked without needing any modification.


  I should have mentioned before that the splice was above the pressure bar. The string broke at the tuning pin.


  Do you charge for your splicing attempts that fail? :-)


  -- 
  JF 
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