Subject: Re: [pianotech] Spontaneous String Breakage > >> Duaine, >> I'm having trouble imagining how the dampers leaving the surface of the >> string with the pedal could contribute to string breakage. Isn't the >> damper off the string anyway when the hammer impacts ? >> Any explanation of this theory appreciated, >> Tom Driscoll > > Tom, > It's not the lifting of the dampers that does it, it's riding > the pedal and not allowing them to damp that's the problem. > It's a timing thing, When a string is being hit OFTEN and > HARD, and isn't damped between blows, the hammer will hit the > string that's already at the top of it's excursion, and over > stress it for the 214,000th time. This is particularly common > in small churches with big names > Ron N > Ron, Got It, Thanks, Tom driscoll
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