In a message dated 3/25/06 7:39:53 P.M. Central Standard Time, jlolson at cal.net writes: But seriously, now I shudder when I think of all the curious boys and girls leaning over the end of a grand, peering down at the strings as I performed a pitch raise, with me encouraging them: "Yes, yes, that's okay, you can't hurt anything! Go ahead and take a closer look at those bass strings. Aren't they pretty?" First of all, I have had several bass strings break, with the same results. As far as anyone watching from the tail end of a piano,l I would discourage that in a minute. One time I had a pilot get his face down to rim level to see what I was doing as I was replacing a set of bass strings. I stopped dead in my tracks. I had another thought when reading these accounts of string-escapees: What liability would we have for damage or injury caused by them? I'm fairly sure most of us would agree that we aren't responsible for a string breaking in the course of a tuning -- at least, I hope we agree -- but I can't imagine a customer accepting "Oh, sorry, about knocking out little Johnny's eyes" or "You say that was a one-of-a-kind Renoir? Not anymore!" That is why you need to carry a 1 million dollar liability insurance policy. It won't prevent the strings from breaking, but it will pay the lawyer to defend you in case of a law suit. I know that from now on I'll be tuning grands with their lids firmly down (I guess I should count myself lucky for not having destroyed anyone or anything thus far). You don't have to lower the lid, but just be careful who is standing behind the piano, or make sure that Renoir isn't in the line of fire. I'm also wondering if the larger grands would have more "explosive" potential when it comes to bass string breakage. I would assume so. Best, Jeff O. I don't think a larger grand will shoot farther than a short grand, but that would be an interesting experiment. It would be an interesting technical at a chapter meeting, or the convention. Wim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20060325/37727c61/attachment.html
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