<HTML>Hi all, My last job of the day yesterday was a not-so-long-ago refinished, re-st= rung M and H AA.  It was sitting in a room that could have doubled as a= sauna.  No window coverings on the huge windows, direct afternoon sun = for hours.  The side of the piano that faced the window was hot to the = touch. I gave the owner a brief lecture about the importance of getting her pia= no into a more temperate climatic situation, then set to work on a 30 cent p= itch raise.  First note, A0:  kinda tight feeling pin, yank, THUD!=  Broken, right at the pin.  Great opportunity to splice it with t= he knot I practiced so diligently for so many hours.   I tried for about twenty minutes to get the leader(all I had was 21 1/2 = string to use, and the core of the broken string was probably around 24), bu= t I could not get it into position so that I could interface the two ends pr= operly.  The thick wire was pretty hard to work with, because of lack o= f flexibility, but the main problem was that there was so little space in th= at little corner of the piano. Any ideas for making this repair a little easier?  I'm certain that= it could be done.  I will be ordering a new string, however, and given= that the strings are relatively new, that will be the best fix.   Why the original broke is a mystery to me.  It seems likely that th= e stringer bent it one too many times while installing it. Input and advice?   Thanks, Dave Stahl</HTML>