String splicing

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Hi Ric
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Moody <remoody@midstatesd.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: String splicing


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> > A picture is shown on page 106 of the Reblitz book
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> > Brian Lawson
> > PTG Assc, MPT.
> > Johannesburg, South Africa
> >
>  Yep, but  guess what, it don't work quite the way he says.  The loops are
> right, but I have never been able to get the  "new leader to rotate in the
> direction of the arrow" and have the loops line up right.  With real thick
> wire you have to bend the loops so they slide up and down on each other
> easily.    It takes practice, and when it finally comes time to tie a
> splice, you are out of practice.   Photocopy the illustration and tuck it
> away in your tool box among your over size leader stock.
> And this is just one way, I have seen on rare occasions (or perhaps only
> one) a splice done as a square knot.  Does anyone know how to do this
> ne?  ---ric
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