Hi Ron, Maybe somebody got a little to ambitious with trying to 'tap' that there sucker down to the plate, putting a nice little nick in the wire?? (They might have even used a steel screw driver to do it! Ooooo.) Interesting, though. I've never had the ... pleasure?... of tying on a new loop. Brian T. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 7:01 PM Subject: Magic loop splice > Well Ollie, I've done it. I found a bass string in a Howard SpinSole ( or > is that a Conet? ) with a break in the loop! Right at the extreme end of > the loop, no rust, no obvious damage, just a break. That's a first for me. > I measured the length from the winding end, cut off the loop, made a > splice, guestimated the stretch and tighten allowance for both the splice > and a loop, and made the new loop. After I pulled the thing up to pitch a > few times, massaging the knot with pliers, tightening and straightening the > loop, I ended up about a half millimeter longer than dead on. Took about > ten minutes including bleeding. I was nearly as proud as I was surprised. > Thought I'd post it so you could be too. 8^) > > Yes it's true, I am easily amused. > > Ron N >
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