I wound up puttinga set of new set of bass strings on a Mason BB after breaking a couple of strings while twisting.? Talk about waking up a sleeping giant!! Good luck. Bruce P. -----Original Message----- From: Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net> To: pianotech list <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wed, Jul 15, 2009 5:26 am Subject: [pianotech] Piano wire I was tuning a 9' Steiff grand the other day and a single bass string broke.? The note below it was already spliced and I had to splice a wire in the tenor.? ? I mic'd the core at .060 (27.5 gage), so I need a piece of .061 (28 gage).? I've found that bass strings spices should be a size larger than the core.? ? I'm waiting to hear from a customer whose M&H BB broke a poorly replaced? bass string last week. I suggested that it would be a good time to replace the set.? If he opts for the single replacement I can request the core splice when I order? the string but in the mean time it'd be good to find a source.? -- ? Regards,? ? Jon Page? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090715/9e82e14b/attachment.htm>
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC