Friends: Since most strings break at the tuning pin, could one reason be that it has been flexed there too much during tuning? If so, we will find strings breaking faster in a piano where an inexperienced tuner went back and forth, back and forth, trying to figure out where to leave the tension. Would it also follow, then, that a piano tuned 2-4 times a year will develop a breaking string problem faster than one that is tuned infrequently? (Please! I am NOT advocating out of tune pianos; my question is theoretical.) I am almost afraid to ask these questions, but they have crossed my mind repeatedly, and I would be interested in any response. Clyde Hollinger, RPT
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