Evelyn said: "Hello all, I'm having trouble with a few treble strings that keeps breaking on a 1982 Baldwin M. The strings are at the beginning of the 2nd capo, and they always break at the capo bar. The second and third strings (G#-A6 and A6) are the main repeat offenders. One of them breaks about every two years. I have sanded the capo smooth, and there are no burrs that I can see or feel. There is a bit of a edge on the backside of the capo, and I'm wondering if that's the culprit. I've tried changing the wire gauge by 1/2 size up and down, and filed the hammers, but the breakage continues. I'm ready to file the capo with a metal file as described in Ed McMorrow's book, The Educated Piano. But I'm tired of trying things that don't work. Has anyone else solved this problem? Thanks, Evelyn Evelyn, I suspect the problem does not lie in the Capo, but in the bridge. I would strongly suggest taking the measurements of the notes in question and running the numbers in a scale program. The likelihood is that the bridge is cut wrong or placed wrong, causing excessive breaking %. If that is not the problem, then the piano is being "flogged" by some ham handed R&Roller or Southern Baptist.<G> Just my take on it. Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090804/396b5a27/attachment.htm>
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