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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Glenn C </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, You are quite right. I do try to =
use the
remaining string on "borrowed" pairs by this method - but only on old =
pianos
where to put in new strings quite spoils the voiced chromatic tonal =
structure. I
simply loosen off the unbroken one of the pair at the wrest pin, =
strighten out
as much as possible the bend around the hitch and then (using my =
vise-grips on
the hitch to keep all in place) thread the loose end back onto its wrest =
pin and
take up the slack. Remove vise-grips, check strings are on the bridge OK =
and
there you have it. Quick repair job. Another old dodge of mine is to =
repair
broken wrapped strings (if they break at the wrest pin) by removing the =
old
coil, s l o w l y undo the wrest pin about two whole turns, tie on a =
piece of
new string using the pre-formed reef-knot method, and there you have =
it...
again. A quite acceptable repair job in next to no time. For this repair =
to be
effective you have to carry around some left-over wrapped string ends as =
the
cores tend to be thicker than the thickest "metal" strings genarally =
available -
up to 0.050" some are. You also have to practice pre-forming the =
reef-knot.
Tricky. Nearest explanation is the way string looks as it goes round the =
hitch
pin, but the plan is more like an Ohmega sign with extended "legs" and =
even then
the round end is bent over to help with this pre-forming.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You know Glenn, you're the lucky ones =
over the
other side of the pond - we don't have any piano factories at all now in =
the old
country. Even Herrberger-Brooks have gone... End of an era.
:-(</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 26, 2003 1:36 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Fw: Baldwin pre-cut string</DIV></DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>In a message dated 10/26/03 3:16:59 AM, <A
href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk</=
A>
writes:<BR><BR><BR>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">to use the old string by simply loosening off its =
companion, straightening out the old string where it had been on the =
hitch,
and threading it up to the old wrest-pin and tuning up. I find that =
when doing
this the tonal quality stays the same and they don't stretch like a
replacement new string.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT face=Geneva =
color=#000000
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR>hello michael<BR>I'm thinking =
you're referring
to re-useing a Broken string in this context, am I right ? BTW, this =
stringing
dept. at conway was even more surreal since they also used pneumatic =
hammers
mounted on swing arms, and the strung backs were laid on a forty-five =
degree
angle fixture. and this just a week after I toured Aeolian, whose =
stringers were
scarily bad !<BR>Glenn C.</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 =
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