Dear Andrew, Bruce, and Gerrald; Thank you all for your prompt responses. Andrew: Great tip! I've already sent a letter to Yamaha but have yet to hear back from them. I don't have the serial number so I will get that and call them. Thanks again. Bruce: My brother has been rebuilding pianos for years. Sadly, and however temporary, he is an inmate working at the low security facility as their piano tech person. From what I understand of the set up there, each piano is in a soundproof room of its own. The staff will order the strings through Schaff Piano but he has to know the specifications to tell them; what diameters and how to order it. I went to schaffpiano-com but need an account #. Anyhow, to confirm, you are suggesting the strings he needs ( B5 & C6 ) are 15 1/2 mm gauge? Gerald: I'm glad that your history of visits were safe and that you were protected on site. I have found most guards to be respectful and considerate when visiting. Thank you, again. You have been most helpful! Martha "Medium" ----- Pianotech Digest, Vol 9, Issue 83: From: Andrew Anderson <anrebe at gmail.com> "Contact Yamaha USA with the serial number of the piano and they will be able to sell you the exact strings. ~ Andrew" From: bppiano at aol.com 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 From: "Gerald Groot" <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> 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. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090713/cfffa141/attachment.htm>
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