<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>David Nereson said: " <DIV><FONT size=+0>Had a string break in the low tenor during a pitch</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>raise on a 1983 Everett console. Decided to put on a universal</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>string and leave it if it sounded OK. (Would order custom</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>string if it didn?t). Measured the string on the tapered slot</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>gauge and it said # 8, so that?s what I put on. Wouldn?t pull</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>up to pitch ? it broke. Have only had that happen maybe twice</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>in 25 years. Brand new strings can usually be pulled way over</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>pitch and still not break. So tried a # 8 ? instead, thinking</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>it?s meant to be at a higher pitch than the # 8. Nope, it broke</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>too!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Now, the winding on the original string is aluminum</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>or nickel (I assume), not copper, but should that matter? It?s</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>the core wire that holds the tension, right? I measured them</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>all when I got home and the original string?s core wire is .037?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>, the # 8 measured .039?, and the # 8 ? measured .038?, I</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>believe. Shouldn?t that be close enough? Should I go back and</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>try a # 9?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>I?m going to send in the original and have a custom</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>string made, but I?m wondering why the universals broke way</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>before they were up to pitch. No, I didn?t see any burrs, etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>on the upper plate bearing, pressure bar, etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>--David,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>You'll need to run that on a scale evaluation program. I don't have time to calc that, but you can be sure that there is a wide variance between copper/silnic/aluminum tensions. The aluminum wrap thingee is an "Edsel Idea" IMO. I doubt that you can even get a "replacement" made, so you'll need to evaluate the scale and come up with a suitable "rescale". That's one I haven't done, yet. I'll be happy to do that for you, if you don't have either Scale Master or PScale to do the calcing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Regards,</FONT> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>