String Removal during Restring with Original Pins

[Avery Todd]

Joe,

Ever worked for a university? :-) I consider myself lucky if I
go 5 years after a restring before the first one breaks!! :-)
Especially on a heavy use piano!

Avery

At 04:00 PM 10/04/03 -0700, you wrote:
>"Natch! Very good idea! (It's a 1960 D, restrung already, maybe
>fifteen years ago. It popped four treble wires this summer, one in
>the middle of a piano-four-hands version of Stravinsky's "Rite of
>Spring".)
>
>Bill Ballard RPT
>NH Chapter, P.T.G.
>
>Bill,
>Hmm?! Somethings amiss here! Strings that new should not be breaking! I
>would suggest a complete Scale Evaluation and check/clean up the
>agraffes/"v" bars, etc.
>Best Regards,
>Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
>Captain, Tool Police
>Squares Are I
>
>
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