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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No, an agraffe shouldn't be able to put =
a nick in
the core wire, I would think. That really is an indication of just how =
badly
those strings are being abused.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Hints; are =
there monitors
right next to the piano? Is the drummer right next to the piano? =
Good idea
to keep those hammers filed properly, by the way. What the =
"pianist" in
one of these kind of situations needs, is a monitor for the piano, set =
right
next to him/her, and on full volume. You answered your question in your =
second
sentence.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> How many broken =
tambourines were
there in the front row pews?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin E. Ramsey</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jhparker@rose.net href="mailto:jhparker@rose.net">Jim =
Parker</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 23, 2003 =
12:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Fw: string =
breakage</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a Yamaha grand which I service =
regularly
and over the years has had many broken strings, mainly bass. =
This is a
gospel church with enthusiastic pianists. When I first started =
servicing
it there were several replacement universal strings already on it so =
for a
while I continued with that practice until there were so many =
universals in
the bass the it was unrecognizable and untunable. I then talked =
the
church into a complete bass restring. I also filed and tone =
regulated
the hammers which were somewhat hard. About 4 months later I got =
a call
that a string had broken. Before I got there the second string =
of that
unison had broken also. Here's the strange thing I found and =
don't
understand. Previously when a string in the bass broke it broke =
at the
agraffe. This time both strings broke in the speaking lenght =
just beyond
the agraffe. When I removed the coils from the tuning pins to =
install
two newly made exact matches this time, I found that the wire of both =
of
the broken strings had a noticable nick in it right where it =
passed
through the agraffe. Not just a bend, a nick. I could =
catch my
fingernail in it. I don't know what this means. How can a =
brass
agraffe cause a nick in hard steel wire? And what implication =
does that
have about the breakage? Even if the agraffe has a bad surface =
where the
string passes through I don't see this happening. I called =
Schaff and
talked to the string department and the person I spoke with had no =
idea.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bad core wire maybe? But could =
it be that
soft? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Weigh =
in.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>