Baldwin SD-10 with a lot of strings breakage in the treble

[Scott Thile]

Exactly.....  Hammer shaping or replacement will very likely fix the string
breakage problem. You may still notice a little string breakage from strings
that were already damaged by the current hammer problem.

It is simply amazing how much worn hammers can act like weapons when it
comes to string breakage. It's the first thing I look for when a piano has a
reputation for string breakage. The one faculty member I have here that
tends to break strings will hardly ever succeed on pianos where I have
maintained the hammers meticulously. He certainly keeps me looking at
hammers :)

Scott
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Doug
Atkins
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 7:51 AM
To: caut@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Baldwin SD-10 with a lot of strings breakage in the treble


Jean-Marc,

    It sounds to me as if you may have already identified your
problem, the hammers. Try shaping them if there is still enough felt
left. If not replace them. Tell the administration that you simply
cannot solve this problem without replacing the hammers! Hopefully
this will help speed up the funding of this project.

Doug Atkins
Registered Piano Technician
Cedarville University
937.766.7566
atkinsd@cedarville.edu