yamaha broken strings

[Newton Hunt]

Hi, Mary,
and welcome!

Flattened hammers will impart a more severe blow to strings than one shaped
properly.  Flattened and very hard hammers can cause premature string breakage.

Reshaping the hammers and voicing them down will help, but metal fatigue has
already set in so more strings will break as time goes on.

Is this piano used more than the others?  Is it used by a particularly heavy
handed individual or group?  Is is just one size of wire breaking?

      Newton
      nhunt@rci.rutgers.edu