High treble string breakage

[Gilreath@aol.com]

Israel,

I have run into this problem on some college piano faculty teaching
instruments where the teacher was playing examples for the student in the
extreme high treble.  While doing so they were pounding away hard enough to
be heard over the piano major playing throughout the rest of the range of the
piano.  Of course metal fatigue sets in fairly quickly and requires
restringing the high treble although the same problem did not arise on the
concert instruments.  (The one that immediately comes to mind is a Yamaha C7
in the studio, while the Baldwin F and Steinway D in the concert hall had no
problems.)  So try to check the pianist's habits and see if there is any
particular habit that is contributing to the string's early demise.  This may
help in the diagnostic process.

Allan Gilreath
Gilreath Piano & Organ Co.
Berry College
Gilreath@aol.com

"In the olden days we did not expect pianos to remain really well in tune..."

                                                                 - Samuel
Wolfenden - 1927