Paul The church where I direct the choir has a 30 year old Kawai grand with rusty strings. The church is going to rebuild their sanctuary in the next year, Although no strings had broken as of a couple of months ago, I recommended that while the church is being renovated, that I restring the piano because strings will soon start to break. The chairman of the worship and music committee said they will include the cost in next year's budget. As if on cue, two weeks ago, one string broke. Now I just hope that no other strings break before they start the rebuilding project. This is my way of saying, if there are rusty or corroded strings, if you have the time and the money, do it now. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Tue, Aug 3, 2010 6:20 am Subject: [CAUT] When to restring... Hi all, When do you all decide when to restring a grand? I have now in the shop a S&S M from the 60's from one of our classrooms. Besides an action overhaul with new hammers, shanks and flanges, I'm considering restringing. It is original (I think) with lots of corrosion on the plain wires. The bass isn't the worst I've heard, but a new set of strings there is probably a good call. I haven't yet checked the bridge pins, but it's riddled with false beats throughout, so I'm thinking of loose bridge pins and poor termination points. The downbearing is fine and the board and pinblock are fine as well....for it's age and vintage. Typically, when I restring, I replace bridge pins as well as agraffes and tuning pins. Do you go this far? not as much? farther? I'm not in any hurry on this one as I put a "loaner" grand in the classroom for fall semester. Thanks for any input. Best, Paul T. Williams RPT Univ. of Nebraska -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100803/e5467002/attachment.htm>
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