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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Roy,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would much rather tie a knot than =
drive 100 to
150 miles to bring up the pitch 3 or 4 times as would be needed with new =
wire.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Espicially the bass =
strings.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Secondly it takes me much longer to re =
string a
note by the time all supplies are in the house ready to go. So
again </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a knot is my choice. And you =
are correct
this is old upright work not new or top of the line instruments by any
means<G></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<A title=RCzekay@AOL.COM =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 23, 2001 =
7:26
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Knots to you</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=3>Would it =
not be much
more practical to just replace the string with new wire? <BR>If a =
string broke
once, it for sure will break again in the future. True, you <BR>will =
have to
go back to bring it up to pitch a few times, but in my <BR>estimation =
that is
a much better solution than tying a new piece of wire to <BR>an old =
length
that is at the end of its life. <BR><BR>Another thought...If you are =
tuning an
older piano, and you break a few <BR>strings, it is time to sell the =
customer
a restringing job if the piano is <BR>worthy of it. More than likely, =
the
tuning pins will be on the loose side <BR>also. <BR><BR>Roy Czekay,
<BR>Milwaukee <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>