String breaker Too

[PJR]

Reading Wim's solution brought to mind a similar problem: I service a 
small(4'11") Weber(Korean) grand in a piano bar.  It is only three years 
old.  They have about five piano players that take turns beating the tar 
out of that piano every night.  I tune it every two weeks and it is 
horrendously out of tune with at least two broken treble strings each 
time.  The tuning pins seem normally tight ( I don't have a torque 
wrench) and I pound the tuning in good, but it is noticeably out of tune 
in a matter of days.  I know that this is not the quality of piano for 
this venue, but my question is,  would CA gluing the pins be a solution 
to keep this piano in tune, being only three years old?  I've never 
doped a piano this young. Is there any other solution that might stop 
this slippage?  Would  Wim's (et al.) solution of a monitor speaker be a 
viable solution?
 Phil Ryan
Miami Beach


Willem Blees wrote:
> 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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