{"id":164,"date":"2012-07-28T11:04:18","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T16:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/?p=164"},"modified":"2013-08-23T22:22:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-24T03:22:08","slug":"164","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/164\/","title":{"rendered":"Repairing a broken string"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120728-120410.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120728-120410.jpg\" alt=\"20120728-120410.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Strings on a piano break sometimes just as they do on other string instruments. One repair that can be done is to splice the string back together with a tuners knot. This is often a better repair than replacing the string because it can be done immediately. Bass strings have to be made to order for each piano so that takes time. Also a spliced string settles back down to tuning stability quicker than a new string does.<\/p>\n<p>I know it seems strange to picture tying a knot in piano wire but this can be done and creates a good repair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strings on a piano break sometimes just as they do on other string instruments. One repair that can be done is to splice the string back together with a tuners knot. This is often a better repair than replacing the &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/164\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technical","tag-string"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285,"href":"https:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berrypiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}