Dear List, Remember me? Yamaha broken strings? I would like to send a belated thank you to everyone that responded to my question, Ed Foote, David Porritt, Bill Ballard, Newton (sorry to hear about your problems) , et al. Newton had asked about wire sizes; I have replaced a sampling of all three wire sizes in that section. The piano is used by the advanced students and they really pound it. And how is it that the piano has come to be in this pitiful state? There is no budget for the tuning and maintenance of these pianos and the technician that was doing the tuning stopped when the money stopped. I volunteered to tune and have also begun to regulate some pianos. I am looking at this as an opportunity to improve my skills. This summer I plan to file a few sets of hammers(which are in horrible shape) and voice them, so I have been watching your conversations on voicing and filing (Barb et al.). Which brings me to my question. There is a Kawaii CS40 vertical piano that meets all the specs for dip, strike etc. and plays well, but some students really want to push it and complain about the repetition. At last summers convention, I attended a class called Turbo Charging the vertical action given by Jack Wyatt (Texas) and I am tempted to try it on this Kawaii. Has anybody out there tried this procedure for improving repetition? Thanks for the input. .Mary Logue, Tenerife, Spain.
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