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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Phil,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> I used to serve a client like this. Not much of
anything you do will likely help the situation. If the pins seem normally tight
why would getting them tighter help anything? You’re not likely to do
anything to prevent string breakage either which is undoubtedly part of the
tuning stability issue. Either best of luck …. Or … run away!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>PJR<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pianotech List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> String breaker Too<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>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>
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Willem Blees wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'>Jim<br>
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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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br>
Piano Tuner/Technician<br>
Honolulu, HI<br>
808-349-2943<br>
<a 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 href="http://www.pianotuning.com">www.pianotuning.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: James Johnson <a href="mailto:jhjpiano@sbcglobal.net"><jhjpiano@sbcglobal.net></a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br>
Sent: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 4:00 am<br>
Subject: String breaker<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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