<!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 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=062024100-27032003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>You = might increase let-off some (about an inch should do it :-). Are the hammers = well shaped and the strike points correct?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Wesley Hardman<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 26, 2003 6:28 = PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> String breakage<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>String breakage is a rather frequent = occurrence in a baby grand piano that I service for a church.  I have = replaced several strings in the treble section of the fairly new piano in = the last few months.  The pianist admits to playing the instrument too = hard and that the strings break while he is playing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What can I do to decrease the = likelihood of string breakage in that piano?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wesley Hardman, Associate Member = PTG</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scottsboro, Alabama</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>