On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu> wrote: > John, > > Wow! Must be a lot of emotion there... > > I was told by a string maker that if it breaks at the hitch, middle of any > area, it was either > 1. The makers fault because of handling of the hitch making > 2. Fatigue > 3. Fate (Bad wire at that spot) > > Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of John > Minor > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 7:47 PM > To: caut > Subject: [CAUT] breaking bass strings at the bridge? > > When bass strings are popping at the hitch pin and tail "waste" area and > near bridge, does this indicate anything in particular based on your > experience? This is in an Assembly of God church and almost every string has > broken more than once on a Yamaha C-1. > > John Minor > University of Illinois > > If it was an upright/vertical I would suspect some minor flood damage, as in "Oh the piano wasn't hurt, the water was only about 6 to 8 inches deep and we wiped it dry as soon as we could!" Just because this is a grand doesn't mean something similar couldn't have happened, water spillage when watering plants, someone watching the pianist was over come with the spirit and spilled their libation, a "splashy" baptism, I could go on but I'm certain you get my drift. Mike -- We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART? Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080303/0da12f74/attachment.html
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