---------- > From: Matthew Todd <mtodd@pianotech88.com> > > I do agree with you here. Older piano's are more durable this way than modern > piano's. By the way, why do piano's have two strings per hitch pin (besides > Boesendorfer's of course)? Can that design be changed to one string per hitch pin > in the process of rebuilding a particular piano? Yes it can sort of. Tying two strings to one hitch pin does not put any more pressure on it that one string wraped around to make two speaking lengths. Well dependng on how you tie them there will be one string pulling on the hitch pin slightly higher than a single string doubled around. At any rate a hitch pin for a double string will support double the tension...so if the tension for one string is 170, the hitch pin will be supporting 340 lbs. If you take your question literalery one string per hitch pin in a rebuild would result in a "two stringer" ---riconone > Richard Moody wrote: > > > If you do not break strings on your own piano and you play other pianos > > the same, then string breaking is not your fault.
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