Piannaman@aol.com wrote: It's heartening to see this thread re string breakage. I seldom have a string break on me. I don't know why this is, but there you go. Oh, have to replace lots of strings in pianos I see, usually they are strings that broke previously and the other guy didn't bother to replace them or they just broke and thats the way I found them. But, I seldom have one let go while I am working on the piano. When they DO though, they generaly come in three's. Weird ain't it:-) I'm happy to report that the latest #3 happened yesterday on a little Kimball Whitney that I was doing an 85 cent pitch raise on (first string in the treble section..got to pull the action:-(. Last week #2 was a single bass string on a Yamaha P202, and about two weeks ago #1 happened on a Steinway 1098. A bass string....which I replaced both strings in the unison. If history means anything I should be able to put away the strings tools for a while. Jeez! >I had a similar problem with a Chickering quarter grand, only the cause was >evident. The majority of the strings were rusted. Unfortunately, the owners >couldn't afford a restringing. They called me back to replace the broken >ones, which I did, but I have a feeling they'll call me again, and soon. > >It's a helpless feeling when you hear that twang, isn't it? > >Dave > ------------------- Paul E. Dempsey RPT Piano Technician Department of Music Marshall University
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