new topic: Broken Strings (was key cover blues)

[Farrell]

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Good golly man, please don't quote out of context! The complete quote is =
below:

"I have never broken a string while doing a pitch raise. However, I have =
had strings break on occasion while doing a pitch raise. (Actually, I =
have broken one or two over time while doing something stupid - but I =
replaced those for free.)"

No luck involved. Purely skill.

I thought it was obvious, but let me explain: I was trying to =
differentiate between the technician making some sort of error in =
judgement or technique and having a string break, and the string simply =
not being able to remain intact at A440 tension. If the string is rusty =
or nicked or degraded in some other manner that causes it to not be able =
to remain intact at A440 tension - then if it breaks, it ain't my fault =
(not that one should just forge ahead and watch 220 strings break on a =
piano - that is why, every once in a while, I do tune a piano below =
A440). But if I do something dumb, like not letting tension down a touch =
first on a rusty string, or when I hear the sting "popping" through the =
agraffes, or maybe even absentmindedly putting my tuning lever on the =
wrong tuning pin and twisting the thing a half-turn before I realize the =
string attached to the pin I am wrenching on is muted (no, of course =
nobody has ever done that!) - and the string breaks - then I broke it =
and I should replace the string at no charge (and offer an apology and =
offer to stop by in a couple weeks to retune that new string).

May I suggest that if you are breaking strings at "...such frequency =
that I have developed my own pre-formed knot system..." you may want to =
reevaluate your pitch-raising techniques and criteria?

Terry Farrell
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  From: Michael Gamble=20
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  Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 8:53 AM
  Subject: new topic: Broken Strings (was key cover blues)


  Hello Liszt & Terry Farrell
  Terry said: "I have never broken a string while doing a pitch raise."
  I ask: How do you get that lucky? I've broken strings with such =
frequency that I have developed my own pre-formed knot system for =
repairing Bass covereds without replacing them. I also frequently relax =
the other half of the broken pair to pull it round to effect a repair. =
"Mark'ee Jim lad... " this is only done on old clunkers or for speed and =
efficacy. Keeps the cost down, don't y'know? Which has to be a +
  Regards from a beautifully sunny day in Sussex Downlands-by-the-Sea.
  . . . . . .  there's so much talk of s n o w . . . .=20
  he's never broken a string....... wow!
  Michael G (UK)
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