Avery wrote: > No, it's Bb in the A-415 position. That's where the maker's instruction > sheet says to put it. Here's a direct quote: "List for replacement of > strings and plectra, with keyboard in the middle (A=415) position." > In that case, design scaling is reasonable (e.g. > 2 s.t. to breaking for Rose yellow brass), so your problem lies in either a mechanical reason (as several have already offered suggestions for something which is causing a localized point of high stress) or the wire you have is bad. Try restringing with the remaining piece on a neighbouring note. If it breaks you're no worse off than if you had put it on the problem note, since it would have broken there anyway. You can conclude the problem lies with bad wire and order some more. If it doesn't break on the neighbouring note you can conclude the problem is localized stress and hunt out the cause. Stephen Stephen Birkett Fortepianos Authentic Reproductions of 18th and 19th Century Pianos 464 Winchester Drive Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2T 1K5 tel: 519-885-2228 mailto: birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca
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