Mark, Breaking between the Bass bridge and the hitch pin?? If they break at the top pin/speaking length side of the bass bridge, that is a second place they will break AND FOR THE SAME REASON. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: <bases-loaded@juno.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 5:20 AM Subject: Re:breaking bass strings > > > On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 22:26:52 -0600 "PAT A RALPH" > <KENNETH.GERLER@prodigy.net> writes: > > Mark, > > > > Where are they breaking? In St. Louis I service a lot of Gospel > > type churches where they use the damper pedal improperly causing the > > strings to break at the agraffe or upper bridge (depending on whether a > > > vertical or grand). > > > > Baldwin did a study holding the damper pedal down and repeatedly > > hitting the same string/note and broke the strings in 10 minutes! > > > > Ken Gerler > > > Ken - > The majority of the strings in this 1 yr old 7' Baldwin are breaking > between the bass bridge and the hitch pin - about midway! > I had no idea 10 minutes of Gospel music could be so powerful... > > Mark Potter > bases-loaded@juno.com
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