Hi Clyde, I've wondered similar things. Perhaps the more radical changes required to change the pitch of a string significantly are more detrimental to the integrity of the steel wire than the more frequent minor changes required to maintain a proper tension. Good thread. Brian Trout Quarryville, Pa. (We're practically neighbors!) Clyde Hollinger wrote: > 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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