High treble string breakage

Newton Hunt nhunt@gandalf.rutgers.edu
Wed, 06 Sep 1995 08:08:28 -0400 (EDT)


String breakage is exaserbated by hard hammers.  On hard used instruments in
the 20th century flavor I intentionally leave the hammers softer than I
otherwise might.  This includes Kawais because of their very high tension
scales and heavy use in practice rooms.

      Newton
      nhunt@gandalf.rutgers.edu



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