[pianotech] Broken bass string

[johnparham at piano88.com]

Al,

I had a similar experience with a Yamaha G1: bass string broke at the
tuning pin so I spliced it back. The SAME string broke between the hitch
pin and the rear bridge pin.

I spliced a new wire onto the old, leaving plenty of new wire to
hand-make a new loop. It wasn't quite as pretty as I wanted it to be,
but it worked. Next time I'll be more careful about doing neater work.

There is one caveat. The new wire stretched and the knot tightened up
quite a bit when I pulled it up to pitch, and the copper windings almost
touched the agraffe. I almost didn't have enough room to pull it up to
pitch. Make sure to uncoil a bit more wire from the tuning pin than what
you think you need to make sure the bass string doesn't end up creeping
into the agraffe.

Let us know how it works, and don't forget your camera!

-John Parham

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [pianotech] Broken bass string
> From: Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft <alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com>
> Date: Mon, January 09, 2012 5:06 pm
> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
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> Found this string broken on a Mason Hamlin grand (new customer). It's a tri-cord, so I would rather repair it, than replace all three, to save the customer money (piano really needs a rebuild).
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> This is the first time I've seen a break like this. Any suggestions on how to fix it and keep the proper length?
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> Al -
> High Point, NC