<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY>You really should try with some plain wire until you get= the hang of it...bass strings can have some heavy= wire... The way I do it... 1st you really need the= wire broken at the pin, which doesn't usually= happen.   This will give you plenty of wire to work= with... push the wound portion through the= agraffe.   I like to work from the tail end on this= piece...leaning over the curve.  With the round needle= nose or better yet vice-grip (which I haven't mastered) make the= bend to the left and loose, i.e. with a gap.  The end of= wire needs to be above the plane of the wire.   With= the new wire to be spliced on (plenty long!!!) make a bend= to the right and tight.   Turn the piece around the= snap it onto the wound string.   pushing the new wire= up until it pops over the left and loose bend end and goes= through the loop.  You may need to push the right and tight= loop over the wound portion just be careful not to damage the= windings.   Now pull the spliced piece until you have= the classic tied knot.   Squeeze the bends with a= needle nose pliers and ship off excess, measure to tuning pin= and bring it up to pitch.   It will either immediately= fall apart or tighten up. David I. <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message From: Matthew Todd= <TODDPIANOWORKS@YAHOO.COM> To: Pianotech= <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> Received: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 21:20:21 -0700= (PDT) Subject: Splicing Strings <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT:= 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> I tried my first attempt at splicing a bass= string.  I followed Reblitz' diagram.  As with all= first things, it turned out like crap.  Do any of you have= pics of a splice step by step?  I need to do what I'm doing= wrong and if I'm on the right track at all.  I need= help!! Thanks! Matthew</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - <A= href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=31637/*http://smallbusiness.yah= oo.com/resources/">Try our new resources site!</A>= </DIV></BODY></HTML>