Hi Lance, I find that the upper treble, that go under the bar, have a more extreme bend. I usually find that they need to be changed, and when they start breaking again, restring completely. Be sure and remove the string cuts, and lubricate the bar with paraffin wax as per Roger Jolly's suggestion. Regards John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Lafargue" <lancelafargue@bellsouth.net> To: "Caut (E-mail)" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 10:24 AM Subject: String breakage > Hi, > I'd like some feedback on everyone's experience with piano wire life/string > breakage and the need to restring pianos. I have a University with several > Steinway and a few Baldwin D's and B's and they are breaking strings in the > treble. I actually occasionally break them myself when tuning and broke one > once when I was string voicing/leveling. They break at the V-bar. Many of > these pianos are only 7-15 years old. I used to think it was from worn > hammers hitting the wire too close to the bar, but even after filing, they > are breaking. Breakage is over more than one wire gauge. These pianos get > heavy but probably not unusual University use. Thanks in advance. > Questions: > -Does the wire get weakened at the V-bar over time? > -Is it expedited when the hammers aren't filed regularly? > -How often should a University teaching piano need restringing? > -Should they be always completely restrung or just areas where they are > breaking? Same pins in a partly restrung area? > > Lance Lafargue, RPT > Mandeville, LA > New Orleans Chapter, PTG > lancelafargue@bellsouth.net > 985.72P.IANO > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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