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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2></FONT>Measure an existing string in=
the same unison. </DIV>
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<DIV align=left>David I.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>----- Original message=
----------------------------------------><BR>From: Cy Shuster=
<<A=
href="mailto:741662027@theshusters.org">741662027@theshusters.or=
g</A>><BR>To: Pianotech <<A=
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Rec=
eived: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:48:31 -0500<BR>Subject: Measuring=
strings for replacement</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2><BR>O, List: may I ask yet again to=
tap in to your collective wisdom? I need to accurately mic=
a string, and/or round up or down a size, depending on which is=
safer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I had a treble string break during tuning=
yesterday (D#7) on a 1975 Kimball console, right next to E7,=
which had also apparently broken years ago (and was fixed by=
easing a tuning pin's width of string around the hitch=
pin). Unfortunately, this rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul approach=
failed; the string broke again at the becket long before it got=
up to pitch.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>[Side note: the owner had taught piano and had=
had it tuned regularly, so I figured the break was due to metal=
fatigue at the becket. I was surprised when it broke again=
at the new becket I had just made. Shall I expect more=
breaks? Does the steel become brittle over time, like=
brass? There was a 25W DC bar plugged in, so little string=
corrosion (and good pin torque).]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I just bought a multi-anvil, friction,=
vernier micrometer. I've measured this string (out of=
the piano, in different places) at .037 twice and .035=
once. There aren't too many straight places; the whole=
piece is only about a foot long.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Should I use the biggest size I've measured,=
assuming there may be stretching (especially because of the=
break), or do I need micrometer lessons? (Hmm, I should=
measure the strings on both sides, in the=
piano...)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV>
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