We just put a new set of Origional S&S hammers on a B here, the older ones were very hard and packed down... but we hadnt experienced string breakage for a long time and its not really been a problem on this instrument... but when the new hammers went on (they were quite a bit softer even before needling) whammo... suddenly 4 unisisons in the top octave and a half busted. After voicing (which required a bit of juice in the top octave) and a bit of shaping there have been no more string breakage. So ....like Wim asks... what causes the strings to break ? -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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