String breakage in Seiler pianos

Avery Todd avery1@houston.rr.com
Fri, 27 May 2005 18:30:10 -0500


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Andre,

I have to disagree a LITTLE bit. :-)

At 05:00 PM 5/27/05, you wrote:

>On 27-mei-05, at 18:23, Quentin Codevelle wrote:
>
>>Hi Barbara and Andre,
>>
>>Andre, can you explain the effect of a bad regulation and a worn hammer=20
>>causing a string breakage?
>>
>>Quentin
>>
>
>Strings usually break because of a malfunction in the action.
>A badly regulated action causes a pianist to use excessive energy, and a=20
>flattened and hardened hammer makes it worse.

Then why would a brand new piano have a string break? Almost all of my=20
string breakage
at the university is at the capo bar. That, to me, means heavy use type of=
=20
breakage.
Right?

Avery

>If you very carefully (and with love) file the worn hammers without taking=
=20
>off too much, and you then make a beautiful regulation, you will notice=20
>that less strings will break.
>It is just a matter of misdirected energy and molested matter.
>You give me that treatment... and I will break too.
>
>(; >))
>
>friendly greetings
>from
>Andr=E9 Oorebeek
>
>www.concertpianoservice.nl
>
>"Where music is no harm can be"
>
>
>
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