Wound Wire breakage in churchs

[Matthew J. Todd]

Well, I take that all back.  I just broke a string playing a special in
church last Sunday, so I had to modulate.  Oh well, maybe one day piano
technicians will care for piano's the way the owners would like them
too!!


Matthew Todd
Woodland, WA

On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 00:00:20 +0200 Richard Brekne <richardb@c2i.net>
writes:
> Amazing what a little straightforward service will do eh ?? I can 
> only wish
> that folks would start listening to those "crazy piano tuners" who 
> keep
> trying to convince owners of the value of taking good care of their
> instruments. Ah..  perhaps one day..
> 
> Richard Brekne
> I.C.P.T.G.  N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
> 
> "Matthew J. Todd" wrote:
> 
> > Greetings to all,
> >
> > I have been reading the postings about this topic with great 
> interest.  I
> > play on a Mason and Hamlin at my church.  In the past two years, I 
> have
> > broken 71 strings (15 bass).  We do not have a church band, just a 
> piano,
> > organ, violin, and flute.  I do not play forcefully to be heard, 
> but I
> > play with confidence, a quality every church pianist should have.  
> About
> > three weeks ago, I got our church piano tech to do a complete 
> voicing and
> > reshaping of the hammers.  I am happy to say that not one string 
> has
> > broken since then!
> >
> > Matthew
>