This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello Everyone! A wound string broke recently on a Samick-made Kohler and Campbell = SKG400. The piano was built in 1993 according to the Pierce Atlas, and = the customer bought it new about then. Trouble is, this is not the = first time a wound string broke. In both cases, they were in the upper = end of the bass section, and the notes in question weren't quite up to = pitch yet. (No, I was not pitch raising.) While tuning the entire = piano, I noticed that all of the strings in the upper bass section felt = "uncomfortably tight," and got tighter still the closer I came to pitch. = A little backing down of tension revealed that the tuning pins felt = fine, so I doubt that tuning pin tightness would contribute to that = feeling of "discomfort." Is this a characteristic of Samick-made grands from this era? Can I = count on other strings in that section breaking the next time I service = the piano? Is there a remedy to this? Or am I stuck with replacing the = string with a dead match that may break again all too soon? Does anyone have an e-mail address for Samick's technical services? Thank you in advance --- Z! Reinhardt RPT Ann Arbor MI diskladame@provide.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/23/32/bd/69/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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