[CAUT] Bass Strings

[Jim Busby]

Tony,

While you may be right, only one broken string could mean anything. I've been standing 20 feet away from a piano with no one around it and had a bass string break. Could be the stringer nicked it, or it could just be a bad string...

If you start having several break, then is when I'd look for a culprit. I wouldn't get too worried about a singular event. Now, if more break it might be time to regulate the lost motion between the players ears...

Jim Busby BYU


-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Graves, Tony J.
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 1:31 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: [CAUT] Bass Strings

List,
    In my 10 years of being a tech.  I've always had the understanding that
bass strings that break at the agraffe while playing is from playing really
hard.  Is that not always the case?
Reason being our Theatre dept. is renting a  Yamaha C2 for a show from a
dealer and a bass string broke during rehearsal.  The piano isn't that old
I'd say 5-10 years old.  They claim that "We've been very careful since it's
a rental and haven't been playing it hard and been using the soft pedal a
lot because of the room."
So am I missing something???



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Tony Graves RPT
Piano Technician
School of Music
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
(765) 285-0053