Breaking strings (new angle?)

[Bdshull@AOL.COM]

Dr. Jim,

I was surprised at your statement about frequent tuning not causing string
breakage.  I have always believed that the combination of solid hammer blows
and string rendering fatigued the wire beyond what heavy practicing did to the
wire.  Do you have a technique that gets stability without eventual breakage -
am I missing something here?

Bill Shull
U of Redlands (yes, Jim, the same former Amer. Baptist school you visited with
the glee club), La Sierra U
Bdshull@aol.com