Breaking strings (new angle?)

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Clyde:

My experience does not indicate that multiple tunings contribute to string
breakage. Pianos which get tuned sometimes everyday, do not often exhibit
string breakage at the coil. It is almost always at the V-bar or capo bar.

Jim Coleman, Sr.


On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Clyde Hollinger wrote:

> Friends:
> 
> Since most strings break at the tuning pin, could one reason be that it
> has been flexed there too much during tuning?  If so, we will find
> strings breaking faster in a piano where an inexperienced tuner went
> back and forth, back and forth, trying to figure out where to leave the
> tension.  
> 
> Would it also follow, then, that a piano tuned 2-4 times a year will
> develop a breaking string problem faster than one that is tuned
> infrequently?  (Please!  I am NOT advocating out of tune pianos; my
> question is theoretical.)
> 
> I am almost afraid to ask these questions, but they have crossed my mind
> repeatedly, and I would be interested in any response.
> 
> Clyde Hollinger, RPT
> 
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