Hi Paul, That might be why the string did not break again. The added mass at that point would dampen the string's oscillations Joe Goss imatunr@primenet.com http://www.primenet.com/~imatunr/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Yardarm103669107@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 10:05 PM Subject: Re: Last Hurrah?/ broken strings > Hey Joe: > Every one but two were in the speaking length since most broke at the > agraffe. This didn't do much for tone quality, but in that venue, it didn't > make a lot of difference. The other two broke just above the agraffe and gave > me just enough slack to make a knot between the pin and agraffe. Not elegant > overall, but it did the trick. > Cheers. Paul >
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