On 2/26/09, PJR <pryan2 at the-beach.net> wrote: > After being called three times in a six month period to replace broken > treble strings on a ten year old Yammy C6 piano on a ship, I chided the > piano player (the only one) of having a heavy hand. He confided that he > has never broken a string while playing. They always break at night and > are there when he uses the piano the next day. It has not been my > experience that strings break "in the night," but I haven't stayed up > that many nights observing them. Was he jivin' me, or have others had > this experience too? > > Phil Ryan > Miami Beach Yes, they "spontaneously" break, and you don't have to stay up all night to witness their demise. One time I was sitting at my desk and one of the pianos in the room thought I was sleeping and popped a bass string. Woulda woken me up if I wasn't already. Another time, I was in a customers home and was about to open the piano to tune when a treble string broke. At least the customer who heard it couldn't accuse me of breaking it. When it's their time to go, it's their time to go. -- Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT Luther College Decorah, IA
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