[pianotech] Strings help needed, please

[Gerald Groot]

Oh, I don't know about that.  I used to tune for our local county Jail here
for years until I finally quit.  I was allowed to carry in my entire tuning
case with all of the assorted tools and strings needed whenever one required
replacement.  The guards walked me directly to the piano in these cases and
stood 'guard' to make sure I was not assaulted for the entire time I was
working.  

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of bppiano at aol.com
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 12:23 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Strings help needed, please

 

As you  or your brother has found out, the piano itself will play just fine,
however the  two notes you mentioned will have a slightly lesser volume.
The two note involved  need to have the broken string removed from the
piano.  The size string would be a 15 1/2  gauge string probably and the
next time the tuner comes to service the piano, he will most likely replace
it.  Piano wire would mak a most effective garroting weapon, so I doubt it
would be allowed past the guards and left in the hands of a professional
(piano tech that is). 

 

 Bruce P

-----Original Message-----
From: mediumship <mediumship at verizon.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Sun, Jul 12, 2009 6:38 pm
Subject: [pianotech] Strings help needed, please

I am in need of some technical information and am hoping that someone might
be able to help me.

 

I am writing on my brother's behalf. He is the piano tuner at a prison in
Ohio and one of the "Yamaha P22" pianos is in need of 2 new strings which he
has informed me are "B5" and "C6."

 

Unfortunately, he does not have any measuring equipment to reorder these two
strings and has asked me to write to see if anyone can send the diameter of
each of the two strings and/or any other specifications he might need for
re-ordering these two strings. 

 

The men there look forward to playing their music daily and I would like to
help them get back to it.

 

I am not in familiar territory with this request but am most sincere. Thank
you!

 

"Medium" ~ Boston, MA 

 

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