<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Everyone!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A wound string broke recently on a = Samick-made Kohler and Campbell SKG400.  The piano was built in 1993 according = to the Pierce Atlas, and the customer bought it new about then.  Trouble = is, this is not the first time a wound string broke.  In both cases, they = were in the upper end of the bass section, and the notes in question weren't = quite up to pitch yet.  (No, I was not pitch raising.)  While tuning the = entire piano, I noticed that all of the strings in the upper bass section felt "uncomfortably tight," and got tighter still the closer I came to = pitch.  A little backing down of tension revealed that the tuning pins felt fine, = so I doubt that tuning pin tightness would contribute to that feeling of "discomfort."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is this a characteristic of Samick-made = grands from this era?  Can I count on other strings in = that section breaking the next time I service the piano?  Is there a = remedy to this?  Or am I stuck with replacing the string with a dead match = that may break again all too soon?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone have an e-mail address for = Samick's technical services?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you in advance ---</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Z! Reinhardt  RPT<BR>Ann = Arbor  MI<BR><A href="mailto:diskladame@provide.net">diskladame@provide.net</A></FONT><= /DIV></BODY></HTML>