<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Matthew Todd and = List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dead bass strings sometimes resuscitate = when removed from the hitch, wound once around a bottle and flexed by = rolling the bottle up and down the string. Then replace the string on the hitch = making sure you twist it so as to tighten the covering. If that doesn't work = then new strings are the only option. If you still have the broken string try = tying a piece of left-over core from your stock culled from earlier re-stringing = bass string jobs. It MUST be the same diameter though BE WARNED! In some = difficult situations I have even removed some of the covering in order to tie on a = new termination. The weight of the knot seemed to counteract the loss of = covering and the resultant sound was quite acceptable! In order to save the old = string I have also even turned the it</FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2> the other way round so what was the hitch end becomes the wrest-pin end..... Experiment!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jack flange on lever problem. This is a = typical problem on Collard and Collard uprights. Remove the lever and reglue the = jack flange. Sometimes you can reglue them in place without removing the = lever. Get a piece of masking tape on either side to hold the flange in place against = the efforts of the jack spring to dislodge it!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Action nuts too tight? Use a Mole = wrench (or vise-grips) This excellent tool is also used for winding those bass = strings before replacing them on the hitch pin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT>----- Original = Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=toddpianoworks@yahoo.com href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">Matthew Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 03, 2005 = 4:13 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Jack Flange Repair and = Bass String Matching</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px = solid"> <P>In my practice piano at home, the jack flange broke apart from = the lever body right below it.  What is the easiest way to fix this?</P> <P>And another thing.  What tool seems to work best to loosen = those stubborn action nuts?</P> <P>On this same piano, one of the bi-chord bass strings is = gone.  I have the original string.  The strings on this piano are really = old and dead.  So when I replace that string it will stick out like a = sore thumb.  What do you do in this situation with clients?</P> <P>Thanks guys (and gals)</P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR>Matthew = Todd<BR>Todd Piano Works<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Tuning - Repairing - = Regulating <P> <HR SIZE=1> Yahoo! Messenger<BR>Show us what our next emoticon should look like. = <A = href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=31855/*http://advision.webevents.yah= oo.com/emoticontest">Join the fun.</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>