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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>Have you looked for other reasons for the
instability?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>A/C off/on.?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>Are the plate bolts
tight?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>That is just two possible reasons, that are
nothing to do with pin tightness.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pryan2@the-beach.net href="mailto:pryan2@the-beach.net">PJR</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 27, 2008 5:52
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> String breaker Too</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Reading Wim's solution brought to mind a similar problem: I
service a small(4'11") Weber(Korean) grand in a piano bar. It is only
three years old. They have about five piano players that take turns
beating the tar out of that piano every night. I tune it every two weeks
and it is horrendously out of tune with at least two broken treble strings
each time. The tuning pins seem normally tight ( I don't have a torque
wrench) and I pound the tuning in good, but it is noticeably out of tune in a
matter of days. I know that this is not the quality of piano for this
venue, but my question is, would CA gluing the pins be a solution to
keep this piano in tune, being only three years old? I've never doped a
piano this young. Is there any other solution that might stop this
slippage? Would Wim's (et al.) solution of a monitor speaker be a
viable solution?<BR> Phil Ryan<BR>Miami Beach<BR><BR><BR>Willem Blees
wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:8CAD68F6DFBAB2C-F44-B90E@WEBMAIL-NG07.sysops.aol.com
type="cite"><WBR>Jim<BR><BR>Tell the church to put a monitor speaker behind
the pianist. He/she is trying to play as loud as the drummer sitting next to
him/her. But since he/she can't hear the piano over all the racket, he/she
plays louder. A monitor speaker right behind him/her will help. But the
piano player has to do his/her part, too. <BR><BR>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano
Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, HI<BR>808-349-2943<BR><A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="http://www.bleespiano.com">www.bleespiano.com</A><BR>Author of <BR>The
Business of Piano Tuning<BR>available from Potter Press<BR><A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="http://www.pianotuning.com">www.pianotuning.com</A></DIV><BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: James Johnson <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E
href="mailto:jhjpiano@sbcglobal.net"><jhjpiano@sbcglobal.net></A><BR>To:
<A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>Sent: Wed, 27 Aug
2008 4:00 am<BR>Subject: String breaker<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a Kawai model 500 in a church which
constantly has broken bass strings. All the breakage occurs from B2 up
to the break. I am getting tired of ordering replacement strings and
actually order them in multiple sets now so I have several replacements on
hand. I have deregulated the action to reduce power (no, the pianist
hasn't noticed) and that helped a bit, but broken strings are still an
almost weekly occurance. Any suggestions? Would rescaling that
part of the piano help?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks, Jim Johnson</FONT></DIV></DIV><!-- end of AOLMsgPart_2_f37dc3bd-7bf0-4dbf-9b17-4e9f48a058a7 -->
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