<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> www.bleespiano.com<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: James Johnson <jhjpiano@sbcglobal.net><br> To: pianotech@ptg.org<br> Sent: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 4:00 am<br> Subject: String breaker<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_f37dc3bd-7bf0-4dbf-9b17-4e9f48a058a7> <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> <div id='u8CAD68F6DFBAB2C-F44-B90E' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Check out <A title="http://video.aol.com/show/ap/101923?ncid=aolvdp00050000000184" href="http://video.aol.com/show/ap/101923?ncid=aolvdp00050000000184" target="_blank">AOL Video</A> to see what's making news today!</FONT> </div>