String breaker Too

[Greg Newell]

Phil,

                I used to serve a client like this. Not much of anything you
do will likely help the situation. If the pins seem normally tight why would
getting them tighter help anything? You’re not likely to do anything to
prevent string breakage either which is undoubtedly part of the tuning
stability issue. Either best of luck 
. Or 
 run away!

 

Greg Newell

Greg's Piano Forté

www.gregspianoforte.com

216-226-3791 (office)

216-470-8634 (mobile)

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of PJR
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:52 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: String breaker Too

 

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  <mailto:jhjpiano at sbcglobal.net>
<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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