<html> Yes, the waste end from replacing bass strings is a great source for the really heavy wire #'s 22 to 24 I don't stock that size wire as I have not had a piano which called for it. Jon Page At 03:46 PM 12/17/2000 -0400, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>Hi List, I made a ready use pack of 5" lengths of string, sized up in different sizes. I made a little compartmentalized kit, like a tool roll. I got the majority of them, from the ends, clipped off of replacement Bass strings. I carry it in my ready use tool bag. Regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: <kam544@flash.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 2:27 PM Subject: Re: SV: String Splice Time > >...What do you do when you spent a 1/2 hour > >tying and the string breaks for the second time? > > Do you tie it again or order a new string? > > Ola Andersson > > Ola, List, > > As to time my answer is: > Gather several different sizes of music wire, and the tools necessary for > doing a string splice to a work station, and practice, practice, practice. > > Eventually, the actually tying of the string knot *easily* takes less than > 5 minutes once you get the hang of it.  It is all the before and after > stuff that takes up the rest of the time to do the repair, and the only way > I know to shorten that time process is, the more you do, the more you learn > what to do and what not to do. > > As to tying or a new string: > Sometimes try again, sometimes just replace.  All depends. > > >> Who pays for the 1/2 hour of time already spent to no use, me or the > >>costumer? > > Terry Farrell's post covered this question quite nicely. > > Keith McGavern > Registered Piano Technician > Oklahoma Chapter 731 > Piano Technicians Guild > USA > > ></blockquote></html>