<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Barbara and Andre,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andre, can you explain the effect of a = bad regulation and a worn hammer causing a string breakage?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I mean, when a piano is out of = regulation, with a worn hammer, there is a loss of energy when the key is played, = right, although the brand new hammer with a perfect regulation and a perfect = voicing transmits the maximum of energy available.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, if the string receives less energy = than when it was new, how can it break (unless the string is a bit rusty)? = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe my interpretation of the = phenomenon is minimalistic, but I need some more explaination on this = point.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your help,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>