String-Breaking K&C (Samick)

[Joseph Garrett]

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Suggest you take some measurements of the bass/tenor stings and run them =
through a scale program. It's a good possibility that somethings out of =
wack with the designed tension of those strings. It's been known to =
occur where a bridge was mis-located in the assembly of the piano.
Regards,=20
Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
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  From: Z! Reinhardt=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 9:53 AM
  Subject: String-Breaking K&C (Samick)


  Hello Everyone!
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  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."
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  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?
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  Does anyone have an e-mail address for Samick's technical services?
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  Thank you in advance ---
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  Z! Reinhardt  RPT
  Ann Arbor  MI
  diskladame@provide.net

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