Thank you Joe and Penny, This is very valuable info. I appreciate your time and sharing of your knowledge. I'll post how it turns out. Do you use regular needle nose pliers to do the bending. I will be using 22 gauge wire. Thank you Mark > Hi Mark, > With both splice end and wound end held up: > Right in front, Left in front, thats the tuners knot. > TIE the SPLICE end FIRST and slip over the winding and then do the winding > end. > Make the splice loop large enough to go over the winding and the other loop > SMALL. > Fold both loops over their ends in the appropriate direction. > After putting the two together try to squeeze the splice eye closed as much > as you can. This will determine how much length you want for your coils. > If you want 4 fingers while stringing use 3 for splicing. > Watch where the knot is while bringing up to pitch and no not let it hook on > anything that would cause the string to break. > Hope I got all the steps. > > Joe Goss RPT > Mother Goose Tools > imatunr@srvinet.com > www.mothergoosetools.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <mps@usol.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 7:00 AM > Subject: Replacing strings > > > > Hello friends, > > > > I tried my hand at replacing a treble string last night. The first time > > through it did not look the greatest (2 coils on 1 pin and 3.5 on the > > other). > > So I loosened it up and tried it again with fresh wire. > > The second time it turned out quite well and I was impressed with > > myself. > > However, I also have a single bass string to splice. The string was > > broke at the pin while tuning. Since I am not going to replace the > > string due to it's age (this is my own personal piano by the way, an > > old Hackley upright), I now want to try my hand at splicing wire. I > > have read and re-read Reblitz on this, Randy Potters wisdom and > > have read a thread or two on this site. > > But I seek more input here... > > Anyone care to offer any suggestions? (ie, how to wind the wire to > > prevent kinks, the best tool for that, etc.) > > You have helped me so much in the past!!! > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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