The only Yamahas on which I've experienced frequent string breakage are the old P202 studio uprights (found mostly in schools), and, of course, those older pianos with heavily grooved or packed-down hammers that need either filing, softening, or voicing, or all three. --David Nereson, RPT <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 7:07 AM, <<a href="mailto:richarducci@comcast.net" target="_blank">richarducci@comcast.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> List, Thanks for all the great advice on how to handle my client. I went back last week to pull up the new string, and the bass section was also in need of cleaning up. While in the process of doing that, the G-2 string broke. The one next to the other broken string. I could not believe it! Didn't I read something about Yamaha bass strings breaking on this list not too long ago? Rick Ucci Uccipiano.com</blockquote></div>