Walter Strings

[sdpianotech at itctel.com]

Thanks for your responses.  The piano is not "old", but is one of  
Walter's early production.  Before he changed the string scale:  Note  
16 is a single string, the treble tail lengths are considerably longer  
than his "improved" scale.

The piano is not now regularly used, and was played rather moderately  
by students more interested in basketball.   Pitch was close (for  
South Dakota):  I raised about 6 cents.  Hammers are in good shape,  
thought I'm wondering if strike point is too close to termination in  
high treble.

I've run into problems in other makes where all strings of a certain  
size snap.  Bad wire?  Is that some form of crystallization?  Is it  
possible to determine such problems before a string breaks?

Stu