This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I=92ve got a Wurlitzer C-143 (Samick) about 6 years old, which has = become a habitual string breaker. I=92m going out at the end of the week. = Since I haven=92t seen this piano for months, I can=92t remember the = capo/agraffe configuration, but it seems to me that all the breakage is in octaves 5-7. Not confined to a particular wire size. The capo shape doesn=92t seem particularly aggressive. The breaks occur on long enough strings to rule out a misplaced plate, I believe.(I haven=92t taken measurements yet) I have only seen the piano over the last year, but this apparently started about four years into service. I know the condition of the hammers was allowed to deteriorate before I first saw the instrument. Private home, hard player. I suspect that the simple combination of a heavy player on a small instrument with =BC=94+ of hammer contact is the cause, and that even though the hammer shape has been corrected and is being maintained, the damage has already been done. Is there a brand-specific issue here, or something else I=92m missing? I feel a musician would be better served with a larger piano for a variety of other reasons, but is there a correlation between a smaller instrument and accelerated wear? He=92ll be making a decision between simply = giving restringing the upper sections a try or upgrading the piano. I=92d like some input to back my recommendation. =20 David V. Anderson, RPT Milwaukee =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/87/9c/5f/5b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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