string breakage

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

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No, an agraffe shouldn't be able to put a nick in the core wire, I would =
think. That really is an indication of just how badly those strings are =
being abused.
    Hints;  are there monitors right next to the piano? Is the drummer =
right next to the piano?  Good idea to keep those hammers filed =
properly, by the way.  What the "pianist" in one of these kind of =
situations needs, is a monitor for the piano, set right next to him/her, =
and on full volume. You answered your question in your second sentence.
    How many broken tambourines were there in the front row pews?
Kevin E. Ramsey
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Jim Parker=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 12:07 PM
  Subject: Fw: string breakage





  I have a Yamaha grand which I service regularly and over the years has =
had many broken strings, mainly bass.  This is a gospel church with =
enthusiastic pianists.  When I first started servicing it there were =
several replacement universal strings already on it so for a while I =
continued with that practice until there were so many universals in the =
bass the it was unrecognizable and untunable.  I then talked the church =
into a complete bass restring.  I also filed and tone regulated the =
hammers which were somewhat hard.  About 4 months later I got a call =
that a string had broken.  Before I got there the second string of that =
unison had broken also.  Here's the strange thing I found and don't =
understand.  Previously when a string in the bass broke it broke at the =
agraffe.  This time both strings broke in the speaking lenght just =
beyond the agraffe.  When I removed the coils from the tuning pins to =
install two newly made exact matches this time, I found that the wire of =
both of  the broken strings had a noticable nick in it right where it =
passed through the agraffe.  Not just a bend, a nick.  I could catch my =
fingernail in it.  I don't know what this means.  How can a brass =
agraffe cause a nick in hard steel wire?  And what implication does that =
have about the breakage?  Even if the agraffe has a bad surface where =
the string passes through I don't see this happening.  I called Schaff =
and talked to the string department and the person I spoke with had no =
idea. =20
  Bad core wire maybe?  But could it be that soft? =20

  Weigh in.
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