<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> If the pins are tight they are not slipping and CA won’t be of any benefit.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> How is it going out of tune? If it is varying any in pitch after two weeks then you have a humidity problem. Install DampChaser with bottom cover. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Dean<o:p></o:p> <u1:PERSONNAME u2:st="on">Dean May</u1:PERSONNAME>             cell 812.239.3359 <o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 <o:p></o:p> <u1:PLACE u2:st="on"><u1:CITY u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><u3:place u4:st="on"><u3:City u4:st="on">Terre Haute</st1:City></u3:place></u1:CITY></u3:City> <u1:STATE u2:st="on"><st1:State u5:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">IN</st1:State></u1:STATE></st1:State>  <u1:POSTALCODE u2:st="on"><st1:PostalCode u6:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">47802</st1:PostalCode></u1:POSTALCODE></st1:PostalCode></st1:place></u1:PLACE><o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of PJR Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:52 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName> Subject: String breaker Too<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> 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?  Phil Ryan <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Miami Beach</st1:place></st1:City> Willem Blees wrote: <o:p></o:p> Jim 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> <div> Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Honolulu</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">HI</st1:State></st1:place> 808-349-2943 <a href="http://www.bleespiano.com">www.bleespiano.com</a> Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press <a href="http://www.pianotuning.com">www.pianotuning.com</a><o:p></o:p> </div> -----Original Message----- From: James Johnson <a href="mailto:jhjpiano@sbcglobal.net"><jhjpiano@sbcglobal.net></a> To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> Sent: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 4:00 am Subject: String breaker<o:p></o:p> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_f37dc3bd-7bf0-4dbf-9b17-4e9f48a058a7"> <div> 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?<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Thanks, Jim Johnson<o:p></o:p> </div> </div>  <div id=u8CAD68F6DFBAB2C-F44-B90E> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:8.35pt;text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> Check out <a href="http://video.aol.com/show/ap/101923?ncid=aolvdp00050000000184" target="_blank" title="http://video.aol.com/show/ap/101923?ncid=aolvdp00050000000184" moz-do-not-send=true>AOL Video</a> to see what's making news today! <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>