Jeff, If you are saying to put a clip between the tuning pin and the nut (front termination point), I think I would opt to replace the whole string, but I have all the required wire here for our instruments. You may have more space in a fortepiano, but in a harpsichord, you would have to put two double helix loops between these two points. There isn't all that much space there. It probably could be done, but the extra wire needed to make two loops in the brass or iron wire to connect to the clip will take away any gain in length the clip adds. I think in a concert situation that the amount of time to do this might limit your ability to do accurate work, especially if 400 people are watching you do this, and there is no guarantee that all the variables will come together to have it work out. I guess you could try it now when there is time to experiment. The funny thing here is that the technician prior to me at KSU spliced several strings using typical splices that are still holding quite well between the tuning pins and nut, both brass and iron. I think he was very careful when slowly bringing the pitch up. Memory fails me at this point, but I think he pinched the top and bottom together (with his fingers?) from the flat side when increasing tension. That kept everything tight so that the part of the wire in the splice that presses down on the end piece didn't slip out prematurely or have too much tension applied to it, and the tension increase pulled the knot tight before it even got to the held-down end piece, making the knot smaller. Periodically he was pinching the sides of the knot to coax movement in the "round" areas of the splice. I will have to ask him how he went about it. Clear as mud? I am realizing it is hard to explain. There have been two instances of these old splices coming undone, so I replace with new wire. Blaine Vesely Kent, Ohio At 09:39 AM 11/26/02 -0500, you wrote: >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 > > >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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