<!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 6.00.2800.1498" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>"The piano was apparently rescaled and restrung = about=<BR> 20 years ago and it gave good service until the choir using it=<BR> got a = new accompanist."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've watching all of the = "recommendations" regarding this situation. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What hasn't been said is: 1. Is the = "new accompanist" a "pounder" that is causing the bass strings to break? 2. = If the piano was "rescaled & restrung", getting Mapes, (NOT my choice!), to = duplicate from their records, (olde scale), is definately NOT the way to = go, IMHO! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You need to find out why the strings = are breaking. When ordering a replacement string, you need to have the existing string = duplicated by a string maker that can follow the specific dimensions = given, w/o doing something stupid.<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the piano was "rescaled", as you = say, the likelyhood that it was an improper scale, is nil, IMO.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the "new accompanist" is a pounder, = then you need to take the "power" away from him/her.<G> Also, good = regulation will help in this case. Bad regulation will exascerbate the = situation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>