I am taking care of a Steinway D at McNeese State in southwest Louisiana. It's a brand new piano bought from a dealer in Houston. Got it up to pitch with no problems, then it was moved to the new stage in a brand new auditorium. Stored in a ventilated "box" (no humidity control.. or damp-chaser installed). I tuned it for the first time in the new hall at the beginning of the fall semester after it sat in it's box all summer. It was only 4-5 cents flat throughout and proceeded to pitch raise. We all know how wonderful it is to sit in front of a new instrument like this and see what we can get out of it... well I got three broken strings (all 19 gauge), broken @ the pin like a new tuner with bad technic. Tied them all for the concert, called the dealer, replaced the wire and... came back in Jan. to tune for the first spring concert and broke one 20 gauge wire. Needles to say, I'm a little afraid to tune this piano. The piano other wise is very stable and with a little voicing sounds great. I have been a RPT for almost 30 years and have never experienced this kind of breakage before! Any ideas... or am I just getting old and tired? Thanks Sam Whitmire Sam Whitmire http://www.samwhitmire.com
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