<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>It has been my experience that pianos with deep grooves in the hammers break more treble strings than pianos with properly shaped hammers.  Could this be part of the problem?</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com href="mailto:PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com">PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 02, 2007 12:09 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Baldwin Concert Grand</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>In 27 years in this wonderful business, I've seen only ONE Baldwin concert grand in a private home, and I happened to work on the guy's piano today. (I've always noticed the big "BALDWIN" decal on the fallboard, which really sticks out like a sore thumb, as opposed to the more moderate Steinway decals. I guess the company wants to advertise while the artists are performing on stage, especially in front of the TV camera.) The piano is from the 1960's and it's a good instrument, though nothing like the Steinway D. The young pianist is breaking the extreme high treble strings one after another. Could it be too much bearing at the capo bar?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik</DIV> <DIV>Since 1980</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <A title=http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http://www.aol.com href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom" target=_blank><B>AOL.com</B></A>. </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>