<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 2/28/02 12:06:20 AM !!!First Boot!!!, kellybill_m@hotmail.com writes:
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Book Antiqua" LANG="0"><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">What is the easiest way to replace a broken string in a spinet action provided it cannot be spliced? I just did this on a 1970 Hobart M. Cable Spinet on C8 - probably the easiest one in the piano and it was a great struggle. I do not look forward to dealing with the overstrung section of a spinet. I did it with the action still in the piano. Is there an easier way or some invented tool to simplify the procedure?</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Book Antiqua" LANG="0">
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Book Antiqua" LANG="0">Thanks,</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Book Antiqua" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Book Antiqua" LANG="0">William R. Monroe</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Book Antiqua" LANG="0">
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<BR>Bill.
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<BR>Other than the top octave, where you might be able to work the string in behind the action, the easiest way to install a strings in a spinet is to remove the action. Although this might sound like a lot of work, which it is, in the long run, it is much faster and easier than trying to fight the action and the keyframe. Take it from someone who's been doing this for 25 years.
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<BR>Good luck
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<BR>Wim </FONT></HTML>