---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 2/13/2006 3:57:14 PM Central Standard Time, jtanner@mozart.sc.edu writes: Our heavy handed pianist's 10-year-old B has experienced over an octave of broken strings in the 6th and into the 7th octaves. All of the wire from C#6 to C#7 has been replaced at least once. None of our other ten Bs, all purchased the same year, have had even one broken string, and yes, all but one are in piano faculty studios. Jeff I wonder, as one the others commented, if the problem is with the hammers. Strings break because the pianist hits the keys too hard, to try to get more sound to come out of the notes. I would like to recommend you juice up the hammers in the 6th and 7th octaves. Use a dropper and put some acetone and thinner on the crown, and let it dry for about 15 minutes. Lightly sand the tops of the hammers to get the crust off, and gently needle some of the irritating hammers. Do it a little at a time, and ask the pianist her opinion. What might sound bright to you might not sound bright to her. I just did this on one of the D's on stage. I thought it sounded bright already. but we just had Stephen Hough here for a concert last night, and he said the piano wasn't bright enough in the top three octaves. So I juiced the upper three octaves, and the piano does sound better now. It's amazing how much more power comes out with just a little of juicing. Wim. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/a6/26/08/9a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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