<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-= 1"> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR>  </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0px 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px= 10px 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll== yes ORGYPOS="0"> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100= %" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; CURSOR: auto; FONT-F= AMILY: Arial" width="100%"> <DIV> Sheesh..Michael. If you strip 2 inches of copper of the top of= that string it will be untunable!!!!. I have encountered dozens of this = type of repair here in the bush, and not one of them ended up with a musi= cal note. Replace the string either with a universal or get one made is t= he only way to go other than shortening the copper!!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards</DIV> <DIV>Robin Stevens ARPT</DIV> <DIV>South Australia</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage><I>-------Original Message-------</I></D= IV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>From:</B></I> <A href="m= ailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Date:</B></I> 06/07/05 03:= 33:08</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mai= lto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>; <A href="mailto:koko99@sh= aw.ca">Carl Teplitski</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Subject:</B></I> You have = received photos from Adobe Photoshop Album</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Carl T and List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I send these photos (taken Nov 02 of a l= arge Bluthner upright over-strung under damped) which had a broken bass s= tring. The breakage occured leaving too little core to use to tie a knot = in so I had to resort to stripping back some of the copper covering. The = photo story shows how I repaired it using a pre-formed reef-knot tec= hnique. I thought I had sent these photos before. They were taken with a = cheapo Kodak DC3200 so there's a lot of fuzziness - but the message gets = through, I hope! Look at them in this order:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>0512.jpg Showing the broken end still at= tached to the wrest pin</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>0513.jpg Using a strong bradawl to gouge= out the becket</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>0515.jpg The break was at the top guide = pin</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>0508.jpg Mic'ing the core - the new wire= must be the same diameter!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>0510.jpg Using the side-cutters to = score through the copper covering</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>0509.jpg Removing/unwinding the old copp= er covering back to the scored part (see 0510.jpg)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"string repair.jpg" Using the small roun= d-nosed pliers to pre-form one half of the reef knot</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>0506.jpg Bending a "shepherds crook"&nbs= p; Both ends are treated this way and its a lovely Chinese puzzle to asse= mble the knot!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>0504.jpg The assembled reef knot!</FONT>= </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>0511.jpg Using the "T" hammer to unwind = the wrest-pin four whole turns!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>NOTE: This selection of photos comes wit= h a down-load site for Photoshop(R) Album 2.0 Starter Edition so you can = see them!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><BR>Download Photoshop(R) Album 2.0 Starter Edition free to create y= our own photo slideshows!<BR><A href="http://www.adobe.com/getstartered= ition">http://www.adobe.com/getstarteredition</A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from a bright but overcast eveni= ng in the Village</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></T= ABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>