[pianotech] broken bass sting

[Ron Nossaman]

On 1/9/2012 4:37 PM, John Formsma wrote:
> I'd say it's going to be as much luck as skill here. I'm sure such
> things *can* be spliced perfectly. But who among us wants to practice
> such a technique to perfection? You have to predict the amount of
> stretching that will occur once the splice is tightened. Otherwise, the
> wire ends up too short or too long.
>
> I've done it once (I think), and it was certainly lucky that it worked. :-)

I can't see the photo, for whatever arbitrary reason, but it sounds like 
a break at the bridge pin??? I got away with one too, way back when. 
Used the original string and loop, and spliced in a section across the 
bridge - two knots. It pulled up just exactly right. Absolute dumb luck, 
and no witnesses to brag at. Too bad it wasn't a winning lottery ticket 
instead. The odds were about the same.

Ron N