Hi Tom, Without seeing how much string there was left to work with it is difficult to make just one statement of what one might do to remedy the problimSo here are a few might have dones. 1. used #16 to make a new splice ( if there was enough wire left ) 2. used #16 wire and made two splice ends. This would give more wire to work with but the wire would have to be worked (ironed down ) to remove the kinks where the string rested against the bridge pins. 3.. Used the #15 1/2 wire to make the unison have two speaking wires and located the two wires on the outside position. This would have a softer sound on that note but still a sound :O(( Joe Goss ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Robinson <tomnjan@bellsouth.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 11:12 AM Subject: Re: String Splicing > About a month ago I was tuning a 243 at the local high school just hours > before a scheduled concert and an old splice on a treble string failed. > I measured the string and discovered that I did not have the right size > replacement (I think it was a 15 1/2). Since I had access to an > identical little used piano at the school, I borrowed the string from > it. I now wonder what I could have done in the same situation had I not > had the other piano to scavenge from. Then I wondered about what you > guys (the experts......) would have done. I did have on hand sizes 15 > and 16 wire. Which could/should I have used.........and why (or why > not). > > Tom Robinson > East Tennessee > >
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