In Toronto you can get supplies from HYPERLINK "http://www.jdgrandt.com/"http://www.jdgrandt.com/. You be better to get the old broken strings duplicated at JD Grandt. They are located in Richmond Hill. Wayne Walker Piano Tuner & Technician MUSICSTOP LTD 1005 Dow Rd, New Minas, NS B4N 3R4 Cell 902-221-1540 Fax 902-681-1463 HYPERLINK "mailto:wayne.w at musicstop.com"wayne.w at musicstop.com HYPERLINK "http://www.musicstop.com/"www.musicstop.com -----Original Message----- From: Anson Kao [mailto:anson.kao at gmail.com] Sent: March 30, 2006 1:27 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Broken Strings Hello Everyone; I need to do my first string repairs ever. Fun! I have 3 broken bass strings, broken very close to the tuning pin. Yes... I broke them myself. Spinet, hadn't been tuned for 20+ years, didn't seem to be rusty and I tuned flat first before raising the pitch (about an entire semitone flat!) so I'm not sure if I could have avoided the break... Anyhow, I figure I should "splice" the old strings. Since the "splice" would be where the string isn't "live", is it necessary I use the identical thickness of wire? I am not planning to go full time anytime soon and probably won't have much use for 3 roles of wire. I've also heard about moist fingers causing rust. Do you wear gloves when handling wire? Also if anyone is in the Toronto area could you refer me to a store where I can buy supplies. I have been purchasing everything online so far and the shipping wait times make it hard for me to sleep at night. Appreciate all input, thanks all! Anson _____ I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 4028 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try HYPERLINK "http://www.spamfighter.com/Product_Info.asp?"SPAMfighter for free now! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.3/298 - Release Date: 30/03/06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060331/fd0a8dc4/attachment-0001.html
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