[pianotech] bushings migrating

[David Ilvedson]

I think more than anything you have to restring the top sections for a long time cure...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Michael Magness" <IFixPianos at yahoo.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 9/3/2009 1:18:31 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] bushings migrating


>On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Laura Read <lauraread at earthlink.net> wrote:

>> I had my first encounter with a C3 the other day, also with some concern. I
>> replaced 2 broken strings in the upper treble and found at least 6 others
>> in
>> the same area that had previously been replaced. Is this an inherent
>> problem
>> in the C3? What might be causing it?
>>
>> Laura Read
>>
>>
>>

>Hi Laura,

>I have a couple of C#'s that I tune regularly that break strings. In both
>cases they are in schools, have slightly rusty, just dots of rust, strings
>and are either 30+ years old or are approaching that age. The hammers have
>passed through the mellow stage and are now hardening with age, couple that
>with the high tension scale of the C3 and you get increased breakage. The
>cure is new hammers, barring that, shaping, voicing and regulating will help
>for the short term but for that kind of money a little more will fix it
>permanently.

>Mike


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