[CAUT] breaking bass strings at the bridge?

[Michael Magness]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu> wrote:

> John,
>
> Wow! Must be a lot of emotion there...
>
> I was told by a string maker that if it breaks at the hitch, middle of any
> area, it was either
> 1. The makers fault because of handling of the hitch making
> 2. Fatigue
> 3. Fate (Bad wire at that spot)
>
> Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of John
> Minor
> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 7:47 PM
> To: caut
> Subject: [CAUT] breaking bass strings at the bridge?
>
>  When bass strings are popping at the hitch pin and tail "waste" area and
> near bridge, does this indicate anything in particular based on your
> experience? This is in an Assembly of God church and almost every string has
> broken more than once on a Yamaha C-1.
>
> John Minor
> University of Illinois
>
>
If it was an upright/vertical I would suspect some minor flood damage, as in
"Oh the piano wasn't hurt, the water was only about 6 to 8 inches deep and
we wiped it dry as soon as we could!"
Just because this is a grand doesn't mean something similar couldn't have
happened, water spillage when watering plants, someone watching the
pianist was over come with the spirit and spilled their libation, a
"splashy" baptism, I could go on but I'm certain you get my drift.
Mike

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Michael Magness
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