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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yes, splicing was to be my first option,
but there was not enough <span class=GramE>core</span> left on the string to do
so.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It’s a Betsy <span
class=GramE>Ross</span> spinet.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> John Ross
[mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 05, 2007
5:34 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech
List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: has anyone ever done
this....</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>When you replace it, bring it above pitch, and mute
it off.</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It will then not bother when it drops, which it will.</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>When you tune the piano the next time, first thing,
bring it above pitch, then tune it last, leaving it a smidgeon high.</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Unless it is a new piano, I will usually splice the
string if possible, this alleviates the stretch problem somewhat.</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>John M. Ross<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Windsor</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Nova
Scotia</st1:State>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place><br>
<a href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:bdoepke@verizon.net" title="bdoepke@verizon.net">Brian Doepke</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title="pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Monday, November
05, 2007 5:46 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> has anyone ever
done this....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have a client that lives pretty far away and I have a new
single wound string to replace in her piano.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>In order to save another trip out there *<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>after</span></b>* it is installed…you know, for string +stretch+ ,
is there a way to pre-stretch the string so that there will be minimal stretch
after it is installed?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Brian P. Doepke, (dep-kee)</span></font></b></strong><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>R.P.T. (Registered Piano Technician)</span></font></b></strong><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>AAA Piano Works, Inc.</span></font></b></strong><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;mso-no-proof:yes'>Piano
Tuning-Repair-Purchase Consults</span></font><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>260.417.1298</span></font></i></b></em><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>260.432.2043</span></font></i></b></em><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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