---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Forgive me if my question has been taken up recently. I'm unable to keep up with reading Pianotech and have just been searching the archives and have found nothing helpful. An institution I (along with several other technicians) service uses a 1893 Steinway D for frequent student recitals. Restrung two years ago by a respected local music house. Complaining about having to replace broken strings in the capo area, asking my advice. Do worn hammers contribute to string breakage? Seems like I have read something to that effect in these posts sometime back. The hammers show considerable wear- fairly long grooves. They look like Renners with mahogany moldings, but the underfelt is reddish rather than blue. The outfit that restrung it does not have a history of good hammer reshaping, tending to leave a flat surface even when they do file. Would failure to reshape the capo contribute to breaking strings? I've asked but no one seems to know. I'll appreciate any suggestions y'all. Bill Maxim, RPT Columbia, SC ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e3/52/2e/47/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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