<WBR>I agree with David. We are piano technicians, not piano teachers, (unless you happen to do both). All we can tell them is why strings break. It's up to them what they do with that information. <br>
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Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br>
Piano Tuner/Technician<br>
Mililani, Oahu, HI<br>
808-349-2943<br>
Author of: <br>
The Business of Piano Tuning<br>
available from Potter Press<br>
www.pianotuning.com</div>
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From: Porritt, David <dporritt@mail.smu.edu><br>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:13 am<br>
Subject: RE: Pianist breaking many strings<br>
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<div id=AOLMsgPart_0_843ce472-f8c6-4c7b-b917-e5ce7eac9649 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff"><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Stephane:
While I agree with your premise, I don't think there's much chance of success on
this. When piano technicians try to teach piano technique to professional
players, they tend to resent it. They think of themselves as the professionals
and we are the repair people.
In the 22 years I've been at my current place, we've had two chronic string
breakers - several strings a week. Other players have broken the occasional
string but these two were way ahead of the pack. The thing they had in common
was the fact that they both were angry young men. Their playing sounded angry
because they were.
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David M. Porritt, RPT <br>
<A href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</A>
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