[pianotech] Yamaha GB-1 string breakage

[Barbara Richmond]

I tune a lot of these pianos. Haven't had a string breakage problem, but I think the pianists are mostly beginners or a bit beyond. 

Barbara Richmond, RPT 
near Peoria, Illinois 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> 
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 3:17:39 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Yamaha GB-1 string breakage 

I think those are scaled to a very high break point. If you give me the 
lengths and wire dimensions I can figure it out for you. Not that it would 
necessarily help you solve the problem. 

David Love 
www.davidlovepianos.com 


-----Original Message----- 
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf 
Of Israel Stein 
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 9:12 PM 
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Subject: [pianotech] Yamaha GB-1 string breakage 

Hello, 

Today I replaced 4 broken strings in an approximately 3-year old GB-1. 
They were in the top 3 octaves. Client said they all broke while she was 
playing the piano. She is a fairly good classical player (I know, I 
know, what is she doing with that model Yamaha - she bought it before 
she hired me...) Anyone aware of a history of string breakage with that 
model Yamahas? 

Israel Stein 

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