[pianotech] String Breakage

[Matthew Todd]

Yes, Tom, it did have a "T" before the serial number (T148507).
 
Yes, my day was ever so lucky, considering this occurance happened in a community college practice room.  These piano's (6 Yamaha P22's), are located in rooms that have absolutely no air flow, and the pianos are completely unstable to say the least.


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Matthew Todd, Piano Technician 
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--- On Tue, 3/2/10, Tom Driscoll <tomtuner at verizon.net> wrote:


From: Tom Driscoll <tomtuner at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] String Breakage
To: toddpianoworks at att.net, pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 4:10 PM



Subject: [pianotech] String Breakage


> List,
> 
> I was tuning a Yamaha P22 this morning, when a monochord string broke while I was tuning it.
> 
> I use CyberTuner, and the note was almost in tune, just a tiny bit flat, and as I turned the pin only one notch with my hammer to bring the note slightly above pitch so I could settle it back to pitch, the string snapped.
> 
> Is there any rhyme or reason why a string breakage such as this would occur?
> 
> Matthew
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Matt,
More info please. Was it a P22 (or a relative) from the Thomaston plant? Look for the T before the serial # .
It was a problem that I think was eventually corrected , but the older models had a sharp departure angle from the v bar to the pin ,especially in the lower row of the bichords.Combine that with a plate that was quite rough and string breakage was common. I'm not sure about the monochords as you describe but as Paul mentioned sometimes its just your lucky day.
I had a contact way back when with  Yamaha tech services and replaced  scads of strings on this model .
A little protek might  help but be  sure to keep the stuff away from the windings .
Tom D.>
> 


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