How about a Gulbransen spinet? They sound so bad that he will not want to play it very much, thereby limiting the number of strings that break. Seriously, I might try tuning the piano to a lower pitch level. I used to tune for a small dinner theater where I would always find at least one string broken each month when I came to tune. I started tuning the piano to A435 and this reduced the number of broken strings significantly. Less tension equaled fewer strings breaking. Tom Sivak Chicago --- On Wed, 10/1/08, Music Man <musicman831 at hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Music Man <musicman831 at hotmail.com> > Subject: Pianist breaking many strings > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 5:49 PM > Hi all. I have a client who is a professional pianist. He > apparently plays quite forcefully. He seems to break one or > two treble strings per month on average, usually in the > upper three octaves. He has a Boston grand, model GP 193. He > says he has always had this problem, no matter what piano he > plays. He is wondering if there is a specific brand of piano > that would lessen this problem. Any suggestions? > Bruce Trummel > _________________________________________________________________ > Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows > Live. > http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008
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