<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Dave,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>This has been an observation of mine = also.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>The steep sharp angle seems to be of factory = orgin but could have been worsened by slight tapping in of the pins. The wire = breaks due to the added torque of the wire riding up on the coil.Makes that string = harder to tune also.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>That result of tapping pins, caused me to use CA = glue as my first remedy and only tap pins if there were only a few, and those = few were not on the steep decline. <g></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></FO= NT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=davespianotuning@earthlink.net href="mailto:davespianotuning@earthlink.net">Dave McKibben</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 30, 2005 = 9:02 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> acrosonic string = breakage</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>List:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I just tuned a Baldwin acrosonic that by S/N was 15 years old, = but it appeared to be older.</DIV> <DIV>My question revolves around the attached picture ( as best I = could draw the problem ).</DIV> <DIV>The strings A2, A#2, G2, G#2, F2,F#2 and C3 all broke when = doing an 80-100 cent pitch raise.</DIV> <DIV>I warned the owner that I could tune it to less than A440 to help = reduce string breakage but she wanted it at A440 so she could play with other = instruments.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All the strings were on the bottom row of tuning pins, = which creates a steeper angle to the Vbar.</DIV> <DIV>The angle to the Vbar was so great, that the last coil on the pin = was trying to cut across the previous adjacent coil on the tuning = pin.  ( see pic ).</DIV> <DIV>It appeared to me THAT is why the strings broke, each one = right at the pin coil.</DIV> <DIV>It did NOT appear that the pins were pounded in, creating a = steeper angle.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My question is:</DIV> <DIV>Is this normal pin / string coil configuration for = acrosonics?</DIV> <DIV>has anyone seen this before, and what might the problem and fix = be?</DIV> <DIV>I'm sure someone on here knows the answer !</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks much</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave McKibben</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: = https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HT= ML>