Two broken bass strings in one tuning?????

[Samuel Choy]

Hi list,

Here's a report. I went back today to fix the broken strings. The G1 took me 
about 10 minutes to fix. The F2 was a no-go. The break was in a bad place 
and didn't give me enough length to make a decent knot. But they decided to 
order another string. So I will fix it as soon as it comes in. I really 
should have some universal bass strings in stock, but I guess you live and 
learn.

When I come back, if I take a photo of my successful know, would anyone be 
willing to critique it?

Thanks!

Sam Choy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Samuel Choy" <srchoy at charter.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 22:27
Subject: Two broken bass strings in one tuning?????


> What's up with this? I was tuning a Baldwin console tonight and two bass 
> strings broke!!! F2 (one of the unisons) and G1. I can't figure out why 
> they broke. There was no visible rust on the strings. I barely raised the 
> pitch when they broke. When the second broke, I decided to stop tuning. I 
> didn't have enough time to attempt a splice on the strings, so I'm going 
> to go back tomorrow.
>
> Any suggestions? Any ideas as to a cause? I was hoping to look up the SN 
> in my Pierce Piano Atlas, didn't see it. It's 809893, but the atlas didn't 
> list any SN close to that, so I wonder if I copied it wrong. I wish I had 
> asked the owner how old the piano is.
>
> Thanks. Sam.
>
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