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<DIV><SPAN class=656112602-07042005><FONT face=Arial>Fair enough.
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<DIV><SPAN class=656112602-07042005><FONT face=Arial>Now let's see =
your average
Boy Scout tie a teeny little knot on an A#0 string with about an inch =
between
the tuning pin and the upper termination pin!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=656112602-07042005><FONT face=Arial>And, just for =
fun, tell him
he's already 20 minutes late to his next appointment and he left his =
trusty
5" Vice Grips at the Johnson place, last Tuesday, he thinks.
<G> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=656112602-07042005><FONT face=Arial>Just what ARE =
those upright
bass termination pins called, anyway? You know, where the poor old, =
tired
strings are asked to take a hard right turn on their way to the =
coil..."Pardon
me, twenty-three skidoo, excuse my rust."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV>
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align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On =
Behalf Of
</B>Thomas Cole<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:14
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Old Splice was ... =
Bass
String Matching<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Alan,<BR><BR>Try making a tuner's =
knot
with a piece of rope, making sure you tie it just like us tuners do =
it, and
then try to pull it apart. Let me know what you
discover.<BR><BR>Playfully,<BR>Tom Cole<BR><BR>Alan wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=859023921-06042005><FONT face=Arial>If making a =
dependable
knot with different thicknesses of wire is a problem, make a sheet =
bend
instead of the square knot.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV>
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class=859023921-06042005>Ready,
Willing, and Able to be Wrong in </SPAN>Salem,
MO</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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