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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com"
title=HazenBannister@cs.com>HazenBannister@cs.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 06, 2002 =
7:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Broken string =
repair</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>List, <BR> I had =
a string
break yesterday on a spinet,during a pitch raise.It was the last wound =
string
on the treble side.I spliced the string with no problem,and could not =
get it
under the pressure bar,without it going under the felt.I =
twisted,bent,tried
different angles,everything with no luck.So I cut the felt,pulled the =
wire on
top,and pushed the felt back together,and pulled it up to pitch.Does =
anyone
have a trick for this problem? <BR>Thanks in advance, <BR>Hazen
Bannister</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Get some small =
diameter metal
tubing (empty ballpoint pen refill) and bend it in the shape of a =
question
mark. It might kink a little but doesn't matter -- only the end =
half
inch or so needs to be open. Insert the curved part behind
the pressure bar from above, poke the piano wire into the tubing, =
then
push it upwards until it's threaded thru. One of the first =
homemade
tools I ever made and I'm still using the same one 22 years
later. --David Nereson, RPT,
Denver </FONT> </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>