Dear group, I am the piano tech at the Université de Montréal. The faculty has 125 pianos and one of them a Baldwin SD-10 which is 27 years old is a very sensitive piano for string breakage in the treble (from string gage 15 and up, around G6). This piano is in a small recital room. Almost every two weeks or so I have to replace one or two strings. This piano was rebuilt in 1991 by a very good rebuilder. I know this piano since 1995. The action is in good regulation and have Abel hammers (which need to be reshaped or replaced). I would like to have some feedback on this problem. I checked the capo system which is characteristic to Baldwin (hard greyish metal attached to the capo with allen screws), especially the place where the strings pass under and the surface seem smooth and round (because all the strings break under the capo exactly in this round aera). Iwould like to know if any of you have encounter this problem and if you found a cure (solution) for this illness. Thanking you in advance for your replies, Jean-Marc Beauchamp, RPT piano tech, Université de Montréal
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