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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Roy,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Your points all make sense, however - </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>In my limited experience, I have had 3 pianos break =
strings
during pitch-raise tunings. One string on each piano. The =
remaining
strings survived. These were not pianos whose values would be =
degraded by
the appearance of a spliced string. These were not clients who =
wanted to
pay for a more expensive procedure, wait for delivery of new bass =
strings, or
pay me for followup visits to re-tune a stretchy new string. =
Breaks
usually occur at points of stress or repeated bending (coil, v-bar, =
etc.) and
the new piece of wire you tie on will occupy this point of stress, so in =
that
respect it is as good as replacing the string.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>That being said, I certainly hope that I can develop =
my
business to the point where I am only servicing pianos and clients where =
replacing the broken string, the pair, or the complete set is the =
preferred
solution. :)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:RCzekay@AOL.COM" =
title=RCzekay@AOL.COM>RCzekay@AOL.COM</A>
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<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, August 23, 2001 =
8:26
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>