Breaking strings on a new Kawai grand

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

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MessageI assume that you've reshaped the hammers so that they're nice =
and round-pointy-on-top.  Someone who plays like this is probably going =
to have you doing a lot of hammer sanding.  If she's broken strings on =
other pianos, she surely will break them on Kawai's, their actions are =
very efficient at transferring energy from the finger to the string.
    Kevin
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  From: Byron Quam=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 1:52 PM
  Subject: Breaking strings on a new Kawai grand


  I recently tuned a four-year-old Kawai GE3 and ended up replacing 13 =
broken strings  (26 unisons). I found out that the client has broken =
twenty some strings since she bought the piano. She is a tiny (100 lbs) =
third year performance piano University student that is studying under a =
Russian instructor. The Russian instructor possibly explains the banging =
technique that she has acquired. She told me that she has broken strings =
on other pianos. All of the broken strings are in the high mid-treble =
and low high-treble and broken at the capo bar and some of the replaced =
strings have been broken.

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  I realize that this piano would probably not have any problems in 95 =
percent of the homes it would be placed in because the players would not =
pound so. However I'm wondering:

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  1. Could it be a flaw in the piano design or construction?

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  2. If anything can be done to make these strings less susceptible to =
breakage?

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  Any insight would be appreciated. These strings are covered by =
warranty but the situation is not good because she has to practice on a =
piano with missing strings or newly replaced (constantly going flat) =
strings.

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  Thanks

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  Byron Quam - piano tuning and repair

  Vancouver BC

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