<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV>Hello Mark and List</DIV> <DIV>I did this on an old upright Bluthner very successfully. The knot = in the speaking length of the string must have replaced the loss of copper = covering to a degree. When replacing the string try taking it off the hitch and = putting a full twist (in the tightening-up-the-covering direction) before = replacing and tuning. Use "vise-grips" to help control it. Did you use the "reef-knot" = method?</DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- <DIV>From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <<A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A>></DIV> <DIV>To: "Pianotech" <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></DIV> <DIV>Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 6:08 PM</DIV> <DIV>Subject: Re: Bass String Splice</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>> Hi Mark, On original strings, only a little of the = ends are swedged to<BR>> tighten the winding and hold it in place.<BR>> = Universal strings on the other hand, I think, have a square shape or = swedge<BR>> to the entire core as one does not know where the ends of the wire will = be,<BR>> so it is necessary to have that as a part of their design. This is = most<BR>> likely why there is so much negative comment as to the sound of = the<BR>> universal replacement strings. There is more chance that there will = be<BR>> unequal segments in the core causing beating on a single string, = thus<BR>> causing a problem for the unison bichord.<BR>> Joe Goss RPT<BR>> = Mother Goose Tools<BR>> <A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR>> <A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A><BR>= > ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: <<A href="mailto:mps@usol.com">mps@usol.com</A>><BR>> To: <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>> = Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 10:35 AM<BR>> Subject: Bass String Splice<BR>> = <BR>> <BR>>> Hello to all!<BR>>><BR>>> This morning I = spliced a broken single bass string on an old upright.<BR>>> Since the the = wire broke relatively close to the copper windings, it was<BR>>> = necessary to remove some of them to be able to make the needed<BR>>> loop in = the wire.<BR>>> All went well with the splice until I began pulling it = up to pitch. It now<BR>>> has "zero" tone to it. It sounds as though it = is being dampened<BR>>> somewhere. (However, it is not!)<BR>>> Could = it be that too many windings were removed and it is now new<BR>>> wire time?  (I removed about an inch of the = copper)<BR>>><BR>>> Thank you in advance<BR>>><BR>>> Mark<BR>>> Montbriand<BR>>><BR></FONT></DIV><BR>Download Photoshop(R) Album = 2.0 Starter Edition free to create your own photo slideshows!<BR><A href="http://www.adobe.com/getstarteredition">http://www.adobe.com/gets= tarteredition</A></BODY></HTML>