<WBR>Short answer. NO. He wants to play hard. Let him pay for his way of playing. <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">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> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Music Man <musicman831@hotmail.com><br> To: pianotech@ptg.org<br> Sent: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 7:49 am<br> Subject: Pianist breaking many strings<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_0_f38a5c91-79ef-4592-891b-dc1b4ed336b4 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff"><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT> Hi all. I have a client who is a professional pianist. He apparently plays quite forcefully. He seems to break one or two treble strings per month on average, usually in the upper three octaves. He has a Boston grand, model GP 193. He says he has always had this problem, no matter what piano he plays. He is wondering if there is a specific brand of piano that would lessen this problem. Any suggestions? Bruce Trummel _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. <A href="http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008" target=_blank>http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008</A> </TT></PRE></div> <div id='u8CAF2082564FAB9-4CC-960' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Find phone numbers fast with the <A title="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" href="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" target="_blank">New AOL Yellow Pages</A>!</FONT> </div>