String Installation Question

[paul bruesch]

You need to have a mic to measure the wire, but you do not have to spend
$200. Schaff sells a nice Starrett for $100. It's not the digital display
type, so you'll need to spend five minutes learning how to read it. You
could also pick up one from a retiring tech, or possibly even buy a cheap
one to get started... not my recommendation, though. The really expensive
wire gauges only read whole wire sizes. Convenient, but not too useful.

The other day I tuned a S&S M. The A4 note only had one string, and when I
pointed it out to the owner she said she'd heard a clangy noise a week
prior. Funny, she didn't notice how weak-sounding that one note was, and
likewise there was no trace of the remains (except the coils and an inch or
two on one of the pins.)

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On 8/2/07, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Last weekend, I tuned a console for a lady and discovered that a treble
> note was missing a string.  I pointed it out to her and I will be coming
> back to replace it.
>
> But I got to thinking....there are no traces of this broken string
> anywhere in the piano.  Totally vanished.  So, I am assuming that the
> previous tuner broke it, and didn't say anything.  Is that a fair
> assumption?
>
> Anyway, how do I get a mic reading from the adjacent string, or calculate
> which size wire to use?  I know PianoTek sells a micrometer than enables you
> to measure diameters of strings still in the piano, but I'd rather not spend
> $200 on this item if I can help it, and I'm assuming this situation doesn't
> happen THAT often.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks!
> Matthew
>
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