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Dad's wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>List</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I
tuned a Knabe Grand and broke a bicord string. This piano shows a history
of string breakage at random across the scale</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>(to
date 6 places).</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>The first
tuning I did 6 months ago I broke a string just above the break. The piano
has a very steep rise from the agraffs. Its at A440. I can't see any reason
for the problem. Is this typical of Knabe grands of this vintage, or is
it just this one. I have tuned 2 or 3 over the years, and one for a different
client once a year for several years. Any clue?</font></font></blockquote>
<p><br>With this age is there a change that the piano has been restrung
in the past? If so it is possible that the technician that did the
work might have changed the scaling to something with higher string tension.
This could explain a lot.
<p>Rob Goodale, RPT
<br>Las Vegas, NV
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