Maximum tension

[Paul]

Nweton
Would this explain why, for no apparent reason, strings in a section of a
well known piano i.e. Everett studio has strings breaking in the bicord
section during tuning and playing? Several tuners had a crack at this piano
and, finally the dealer replaced it with another one and no more problems.
But I've often wondered if increased string length due to poor bridge
placement was the problem.

Paul Chick

Newton wrote:
> The point of this is that if the speaking length is too long
> for a given pitch  changing the wire size will not change at
> which pitch the string breaks.
>
>  It was discovered that the bridges were located too far from
> the capo bar so the tension was way past safe breaking %.
> Changing string sizes would not have solved this problem
> either.  The manufacturer had to change the design.
>
> Those are the points I was trying to make.
>
> Than.
>
> Newton
>