String breaker

[Willem Blees]

Jim

Tell the church to put a monitor speaker behind the pianist. He/she is trying to play as loud as the drummer sitting next to him/her. But since he/she can't hear the piano over all the racket, he/she plays louder. A monitor speaker right behind him/her will help. But the piano player has to do his/her part, too. 


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
808-349-2943
www.bleespiano.com
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: James Johnson <jhjpiano at sbcglobal.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 4:00 am
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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