<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Baldwin 248 breaking strings</title></head><body> <div><font size="-1">At 8:42 PM -0500 27/6/04, Mike Bratcher wrote:</font></div> <div><font size="-1"><br></font></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">I have a newer Baldwin 248 that is breaking strings.  The piano is I think 4 years old.  The first thing I had to do was replace the low treble wound strings.  These are the first 6 strings on the long bridge.  They had the windings resting about a half inch above the "V" bar.  I can't believe this thing mad it out of the factory.  Baldwin to their credit replaced them, but the customer paid for the labor.  None of these 6 replacement strings has broke.</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Anyway, now this piano has a habit of breaking strings.  They are scattered around the piano, meaning different wire sizes have broke.  They all break at the hitch pin.  And they all have broke with no outside influence, meaning not during tuning or playing.  In fact they were remodeling and had the piano covered up for months with no one playing.  There is no rust anywhere.  I have examined the wire at the breaks, and nothing jumped out at me.  I know this piano is rarely played and she is not a beater. </font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">The customer is concerned, and frankly  I don't have an explanation for her.</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Any thoughts?</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>It might be worth measuring a few random speaking lengths across the scale to see where the tension is. If the bridges were positioned incorrectly it might have too much tension.</div> <div><br></div> <div>If you publish the lengths to the list, we can check it on a spreadsheet. Sounds like the bass stringer was really paying attention.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Regards,</div> <div>Ron O.</div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</b></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><i>   </i></font><font color="#0000FF"><i>Grand Piano Manufacturers</i></font><font color="#000000"><br> _______________________</font></div> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font color="#000000">Web http://overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">mailto:info@overspianos.com.au<br> _______________________</font></div> </body> </html>