<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> If the brackets are growing and have pushed the let-off too high then that might be enough to cause string breakage, even if they're not actually blocking. I have seen several cases where chronic breakage was eliminated once let-off was increased.<br> <br> - Mark Dierauf<br> <blockquote cite="midmailman.691.1171114253.27129.pianotech@ptg.org" type="cite"><br> <hr size="4" width="90%"><br> <table class="header-part1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">Subject: </div> Desparate customer</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">From: </div> "Dave Bunch" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pdtek@mchsi.com"><pdtek@mchsi.com></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">Date: </div> Fri, 9 Feb 2007 22:55:09 -0600</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">To: </div> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><pianotech@ptg.org></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="header-part2" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">To: </div> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><pianotech@ptg.org></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I received a call from a woman that is about fifty miles out of my area but sounds desparate. She has a Young Chang G150 ser#097103 that she loves but has caused her problems that none of her area techs have been able to take care of or explain. First of all it will not stay in tune. She has it tuned every couple of months and even that is not nearly often enough. It also throws strings. Bass and treble. At least a half dozen so far.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I am going to go look at it in a week. Outside of the usual stuff, what I want to know if there is any experience anyone has had with these Young Changs. I see lots of them but maybe there were a few with unusual problems like a bad scale (high tension?). Just looking for a heads up, I guess. Something out of the ordinary.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Dave Bunch</font></div> <br> <hr size="4" width="90%"></blockquote> </body> </html>