Piano tuning replace string

www.ronkoval.com Replacing a treble string on a grand piano.

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[drwoodwind]

Crummy little video camera and limited computer skills!! Sorry about the audio...

[drwoodwind]

Copper is only used as a winding to thicken a string to allow for a lower pitch without an overly thick core wire. (Bass strings)

[IvoryTongue26]

I've never had a string break on my piano. My parents bought my piano, used, 20-25+ years ago. It's a baby grand. Why is it that I haven't ever had a piano string break, but others seem to have that issue? (not that I'm complaining... but I'm just wondering)

[wickedgit]

witch gauge is the thickest bass string?

[iw2mln]

May I ask ? I saw that a string strats from a tuning pin, goes around a pin and comes back to another tuning pin. Why ? At 00:35 it's clearly visible.

I thought that all strings have an "eye" and this is put around the hitch pin ?

Could you explain me please ?

Thank you very much

[etyrnal]

@drwoodwind thanks for trying anyway

[tunglour]

In some places there's no audio. Did you willingly cut it off?

[001Asoer]

Treble strings should be pretty cheap (less than a dollar for 10 feet). Bass strings can get to twenty-something depending on how low and long it is.

[fluterific00]

how much do new strings cost? does it vary on the brand of the piano? thanks.

[KorgM50]

Thank you

[inrharmony]

Good vid...I use the 'dummy' pin as well, but I have cut a slot with a hacksaw up the shortened length of the pin, so that now I can slide the becket out of the pin. You'll probably have to get in that slot with a thin hobby file to make it wide enough for larger gauge wire.  I prefer to put both coils on both pins before I do any tightening, but your method works just fine too. Hopefully some folks will catch this before they replace a string...I've seen some real nightmares!!!