<!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>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></BODY></HTML>