Subject: Re: [CAUT] Re. Flight of Broken Bass String Well, I guess we could close the lid while tuning the bass. But what about in performance? I had one break1 during an anthem one time at a church where I was pianist and it flew toward the choir. Thankfully no one got hit! Avery At 10:09 AM 3/25/2006, you wrote: >Sounds like we should be doing something to secure bass strings in >older pianos (especially if they're aimed at the choir). Is there >anything easier than double string braid? > >--Cy-- The lid up or down doesn't matter. I had a bass string in the second octave on an S&S M, break while tuning with the lid down. It flew nearly 30 feet across the front of the church. I raised the lid to splice the string, and the string failed again, sailing almost the distance of the first flight. I put a shipping blanket along the back of the rim and closed the lid on it...just in case...nothing let go. So, I can't say this technique prevented the flight of a bass string, but it did ease my mind. Paul C
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