<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3314.2100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=4>Z!, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>Suggest you take some measurements of the bass/tenor = stings and run them through a scale program. It's a good possibility that = somethings out of wack with the designed tension of those strings. It's been known = to occur where a bridge was mis-located in the assembly of the = piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>Regards, <BR>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.</FONT></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:diskladame@provide.net" = title=diskladame@provide.net>Z! Reinhardt</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 04, 2001 9:53 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> String-Breaking = K&C (Samick)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>