<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/6/2005 8:04:25 PM Central Standard Time, 741662027= @theshusters.org writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone have any experience with this model = baby grand?  Bass strings breaking in the winding, for instance?</FONT>= </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DI= V> <DIV>Cy  -  I've had this problem on the same GA-1 model.&nbs= p; Playing hard with the sustain pedal depressed much of the time in a = relatively large sanctuary (too small of a piano for that venue, of course)&= nbsp;leads to this kind of a problem.  Also, check to make sure the wip= pen flange screws are tight because if they are not the hammers sometimes&nb= sp;block causing breakage.  Yamaha is great at replacing bass stri= ngs.  Make sure you count very accurately the string number when you or= der. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Don Bee, RPT</DIV> <DIV>Chicago Chapter   </DIV></BODY></HTML>