This guy must be a sailor with that name. I think tiny little knots are elegant. If the knot is in the speaking length and it is done well and the string is twisted I have been unable to hear the difference in tone between the spliced and the unspliced string. Even on smaller pianos. I can measure it but the difference is insignificant. Splice that mainstay! Newton Yardarm103669107@AOL.COM wrote: > > 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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