SV: String Splice Time

[John Ross]

Hi List,
I made a ready use pack of 5" lengths of string, sized up in different
sizes. I made a little compartmentalized kit, like a tool roll.
I got the majority of them, from the ends, clipped off of replacement
Bass strings.
I carry it in my ready use tool bag.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca

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From: <kam544@flash.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: SV: String Splice Time


> >...What do you do when you spent a 1/2 hour
> >tying and the string breaks for the second time?
> > Do you tie it again or order a new string?
> > Ola Andersson
>
> Ola, List,
>
> As to time my answer is:
> Gather several different sizes of music wire, and the tools necessary for
> doing a string splice to a work station, and practice, practice, practice.
>
> Eventually, the actually tying of the string knot *easily* takes less than
> 5 minutes once you get the hang of it.  It is all the before and after
> stuff that takes up the rest of the time to do the repair, and the only
way
> I know to shorten that time process is, the more you do, the more you
learn
> what to do and what not to do.
>
> As to tying or a new string:
> Sometimes try again, sometimes just replace.  All depends.
>
> >> Who pays for the 1/2 hour of time already spent to no use, me or the
> >>costumer?
>
> Terry Farrell's post covered this question quite nicely.
>
> Keith McGavern
> Registered Piano Technician
> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> Piano Technicians Guild
> USA
>
>
>