Hi Al,<div><br></div><div>How about cutting off the tail, splicing on a new length of straight wire (leaving plenty of extra length) and then creating a new loop AFTER making the splice. It will probably be easier to get the length very close that way.</div> <div><br></div><div>William R. Monroe</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alliedpianocraft@hotmail.com">alliedpianocraft@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Found this string broken on a Mason Hamlin grand (new customer). It's a tri-cord, so I would rather repair it, than replace all three, to save the customer money (piano really needs a rebuild).<div> <br></div><div>This is the first time I've seen a break like this. Any suggestions on how to fix it and keep the proper length?<br><div><br></div><div><div><span style="text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-variant:normal;text-align:auto;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;border-collapse:separate;text-transform:none;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;font-family:Helvetica;word-spacing:0px"><div> Al -</div><div>High Point, NC</div><div><br></div></span><br> </div> <br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div> </div>