This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment ------_=_NextPart_001_01C32F67.6A9ECD78 Are the hammers quite hard? String breakage could be minimized by adding = some resiliance to the hammers so they give a little when they hit the = strings. I have a client with a Yamaha CF that has the same problem = (octaves 5-6) and this is the plan in the near future. Gene -----Original Message----- From: David V. Anderson [mailto:daverpt@wi.rr.com] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 17:48 To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Samick string breaker I've got a Wurlitzer C-143 (Samick) about 6 years old, which has become = a habitual string breaker. I'm going out at the end of the week. Since = I haven't seen this piano for months, I can't remember the capo/agraffe = configuration, but it seems to me that all the breakage is in octaves = 5-7. Not confined to a particular wire size. The capo shape doesn't = seem particularly aggressive. The breaks occur on long enough strings = to rule out a misplaced plate, I believe.(I haven't taken measurements = yet) I have only seen the piano over the last year, but this apparently = started about four years into service. I know the condition of the = hammers was allowed to deteriorate before I first saw the instrument. = Private home, hard player. I suspect that the simple combination of a = heavy player on a small instrument with =BC"+ of hammer contact is the = cause, and that even though the hammer shape has been corrected and is = being maintained, the damage has already been done. Is there a = brand-specific issue here, or something else I'm missing? I feel a = musician would be better served with a larger piano for a variety of = other reasons, but is there a correlation between a smaller instrument = and accelerated wear? He'll be making a decision between simply giving = restringing the upper sections a try or upgrading the piano. I'd like = some input to back my recommendation. =20 David V. Anderson, RPT Milwaukee =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C32F67.6A9ECD78 An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e4/53/f3/86/attachment.htm ------_=_NextPart_001_01C32F67.6A9ECD78-- ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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