Aha! That short distance to the pin from the v-bar makes for tricky splicing, too. Had to tighten the knot with the string on the wrong side of the pin in the v-bar, then back off tension and move the string to the correct side of the pin.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Voigt</b> <<a href="mailto:jvoigt@gwtc.net">jvoigt@gwtc.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">If you
look at those two notes, you might find that the tuning pins are positioned
close to the v-bar because of a plate screw positioned there. This,
combined with a steep angle from the v-bar to the coil causes the string to want
to climb up the coil when tightened. You can try to remove the coil and
back the pin out a few rounds, but risk reduced pin tightness and increased
flagpoling.</font></span></div><span class="sg">
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<div><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">John
Voigt</font></span></div></span><div><span class="e" id="q_11108bb6fa0f68b8_2">
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Paul said:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="1">On the string breakage note, yesterday I had A1
and A#1 break in a school band room piano...Yamaha P22, 1993
vintage.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Interesting...I have begun servicing the pianos
at my local high school. Included are two P22s. Both had broken
(and long since removed) A1 strings. They had been gone for about 5
years :(</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Debbie</font></div></blockquote></span></div></div>
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