This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Had to unbridge all bass and many treble strings on Hamilton Studio to = repair bridge cracks (heater bar, no humidistat ...) 3 of the 5 heaviest bass strings and 6 of the heavier plain wires went = "TINK" (you know the sound) --some as I was turning them down (loosening = the wire), others while I was very carefully starting to tighten them. A = becket breaking nightmare! That is some heavy, heavy wire: trying to form new beckets and get them = in the holes is not fun. One I had to splice: Ever try tying knots in = the core wire of a Hamilton A0 (1st string)? Here's the real question = ... The biggest wire I had with me is #20 and it's smaller than whatever = that stuff is in the A0 (didn't mic it but it's fat) ... with the knot = above the speaking length, is there any problem with using a somewhat = lighter wire, other than the potential for the "SNAP, TWANGGGGG, = SPROIOIOIOING" of a breaking string if it can't take the tension? ... and, no, the strings and coils were not dusty, rusty, or crusty. Why = did they break? Why me? Why late on a Friday afternoon an hour from = home? I, myself, almost went snap, twang, sproing! Alan Barnard Getting Over It in Salem, MO ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/17/48/44/39/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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