String breaker

Porritt, David dporritt at mail.smu.edu
Wed Aug 27 10:20:02 MDT 2008


Get someone to rescale the bass telling them what you're trying to
accomplish.  While replacing the bass strings be sure all the
terminations are good.

 

dp

 

David M. Porritt, RPT

dporritt at smu.edu

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf Of James Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:01 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: String breaker

 

I have a Kawai model 500 in a church which constantly has broken bass
strings.  All the breakage occurs from B2 up to the break.  I am getting
tired of ordering replacement strings and actually order them in
multiple sets now so I have several replacements on hand.  I have
deregulated the action to reduce power (no, the pianist hasn't noticed)
and that helped a bit, but broken strings are still an almost weekly
occurance.  Any suggestions?  Would rescaling that part of the piano
help?

Thanks, Jim Johnson

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