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<font size=3>At 05:53 PM 08/23/2001 -0400, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>I think Jon Page covered this pretty well, but
additionally, the drawings that I carry in my stringing tool box on
service calls are the ones appearing on page 106 in Reblitz, 2nd edition.
The first one I ever did worked great - tried it in a client's home! Of
the couple dozen or so I have now done, only one failed, and that went
right away, so I could redo it right then and there. I did one the other
day in the plain wire section just like the one on page 111 of the same
book - right up within the tuning pins. Boy was I proud of myself! Just
give it a whirl. I had always wondered what those round needle-nose
plyers were for. I had them for about two years before I ever tried to
tie a knot. I figured I could not do it either - but I was wrong! Good
luck.<br>
<br>
Terry Farrell </font></blockquote><br>
Bass strings give the most trouble when splicing. If the knot fails
after the second attempt,<br>
plan on just ordering a replacement (all strings of the unison on a
quality piano). If you're <br>
feeling brave, attempt the third go. Sometimes the third time's a charm,
sometimes knot.<br>
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Use 1/2 size larger diameter than the original for the splice.<br>
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<font size=3>Jon Page, piano technician<br>
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<br>
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