SV: String Splice Time

[Jon Page]

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Yes, the waste end from replacing bass strings is a great source for the 
really heavy wire #'s 22 to 24
I don't stock that size wire as I have not had a piano which called for it.

Jon Page

At 03:46 PM 12/17/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>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
>
>----- Original Message -----
>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
> >
> >
> >

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