<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks All. <div><br></div><div>Ron I'll get that info when I replace the string on Thursday. I will also find out what he was playing when the string broke and if it is the same one he was playing last time :-).<div><br></div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Sep 20, 2011, at 9:15 AM, Ron Nossaman wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 9/20/2011 6:29 AM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">I have been servicing a 2001 Petrof vertical since 2006 with no<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">problems. In Aug 2010 my customer called and thought a string may have<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">broken. It had and I replaced the string (#14 1/2) and tuned the piano.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I tuned the piano again in Jan 11 & May 11 everything looked good (by<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the way, he is the only player and plays only classical music). I just<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">got a call that a string has broken again and he thinks it may be the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">same one.<br></blockquote><br>May be, or one next to it. Time to go see for yourself and get a demonstration of playing style.<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite">This piano has agraffes throughout. Any thoughts or suggestions? And if<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">it is the same string should I go with one size smaller?<br></blockquote><br>A different size string, at a given length and pitch, will be at essentially the same break% as the original. You won't gain anything except fresh wire and will have a size mismatch in the unison for added tuning fun.<br><br>What note, what speaking length, so the break% of the original can be determined?<br>Ron N<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>