[CAUT] Steinway B breaking strings

[Wimblees@aol.com]

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In a message dated 2/13/2006 3:57:14 PM Central Standard Time,  
jtanner@mozart.sc.edu writes:

Our  heavy handed pianist's 10-year-old B has experienced over an  
octave  of broken strings in the 6th and into the 7th octaves.  All of   
the wire from C#6 to C#7 has been replaced at least once.  None  of  
our other ten Bs, all purchased the same year, have had even  one  
broken string, and yes, all but one are in piano faculty  studios.   


Jeff
 
I wonder, as one the others commented, if the problem is with the hammers.  
Strings break because the pianist hits the keys too hard, to try to get more  
sound to come out of the notes. I would like to recommend you juice up the  
hammers in the 6th and 7th octaves. Use a dropper and put some acetone and  
thinner on the crown, and let it dry for about 15 minutes. Lightly sand the tops  
of the hammers to get the crust off, and gently needle some of the irritating  
hammers.  Do it a little at a time, and ask the pianist her opinion. 
 
What might sound bright to you might not sound bright to her. I just did  
this on one of the D's on stage. I thought it sounded bright already. but we  
just had Stephen Hough here for a concert last night, and he said the piano  
wasn't bright enough in the top three octaves. So I juiced the upper three  
octaves, and the piano does sound better now. It's amazing how much more  power 
comes out with just a little of juicing. 
 
Wim.

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