Avery, You're a dreamer. If a string doesn't break on a harpsichord or fortepiano within a couple years, you must be leading a charmed life <g>. Or is your retirement that close at hand? Fred Avery Todd wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > Well, what did you end up doing? :-) I'm actually asking this because of > your original post. We should be getting our new Fortepiano sometime > in the next six months or so and your post made me wonder about what to > do about this kind of thing. Are there sources, other than the builder, > where we can order wire to have on hand for this eventuality? We order > our replacement harpsichord strings to have on hand from the builders. > > Hopefully, I'll be retired before this type of thing starts happening > but just in case....... :-) > > Thanks. > Avery > > >nevermind. > >Jeff > > > >(no, it didn't) > > > > > >>Broke a brass string in the bass of our fortepiano this morning tuning. > >> > >>Will this wire hold a splice? > >> > >>Concert in about 2 hours. > >> > >>Thanks, > >>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 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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