Baldwin 248 breaking strings

[Overs Pianos]

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At 8:42 PM -0500 27/6/04, Mike Bratcher wrote:

>I have a newer Baldwin 248 that is breaking strings.  The piano is I 
>think 4 years old.  The first thing I had to do was replace the low 
>treble wound strings.  These are the first 6 strings on the long 
>bridge.  They had the windings resting about a half inch above the 
>"V" bar.  I can't believe this thing mad it out of the factory. 
>Baldwin to their credit replaced them, but the customer paid for the 
>labor.  None of these 6 replacement strings has broke.
>
>Anyway, now this piano has a habit of breaking strings.  They are 
>scattered around the piano, meaning different wire sizes have broke. 
>They all break at the hitch pin.  And they all have broke with no 
>outside influence, meaning not during tuning or playing.  In fact 
>they were remodeling and had the piano covered up for months with no 
>one playing.  There is no rust anywhere.  I have examined the wire 
>at the breaks, and nothing jumped out at me.  I know this piano is 
>rarely played and she is not a beater. 
>
>The customer is concerned, and frankly  I don't have an explanation for her.
>
>Any thoughts?

It might be worth measuring a few random speaking lengths across the 
scale to see where the tension is. If the bridges were positioned 
incorrectly it might have too much tension.

If you publish the lengths to the list, we can check it on a 
spreadsheet. Sounds like the bass stringer was really paying 
attention.

Regards,
Ron O.

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