Blaine, I just had a thought. How do you think it would work to carefully unwind the old string off the pin and try the same trick using the unwound coil? If the loop will hold without breaking with the paper clip trick, what would be the difference? The place where my string broke when I attempted to use a piano string splice was the bend in the wire created where it crosses the loops, very similar to how how it crosses the "capo". Broke in the same place both tries, both times on the tuning pin side of the splice. May have simply been faulty wire, who knows? Thanks to all for the links/tips, etc. Jeff Jeff Tanner Piano Technician School of Music 813 Assembly ST University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 (803)-777-4392 jtanner@mozart.sc.edu
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