Bass strings in Overdrive!

[Jon Page]

At 10:20 PM 4/7/99 -0400, you wrote:

>to one of them.  I regulated it so that the bass end of the piano has
>the letoff set at about 1/2 inch from the strings, and a very heavy
>aftertouch.  It's really not as obnoxious as it sounds to play, but it
>worked wonders for breaking strings.  Instead of breaking a string or
>two in a week or two, we're down to a string or two every quarter or so.

I thoink this will cause breaking jacks instead by forcing the jack
apart between the L/O button and the stop felt.


>What I want to know,... what can I do to make the strings less likely to
>break under such severe working conditions??  Could the string scale be
>redesigned to be less vulnerable? as in a higher or lower tension?

Amplify with two large monitors connected to a head band and used
as headphones for the piano banger.

I tuned an upright for a similar church and reconnected the damper rod.
The keyboard assailant tried it out and exclaimed.
"You fixed the tempo pedal !"

Jon Page
>
>Ok, ok, I'll tell you what they are... one is a Baldwin 5'? grand, and
>the other is a Samick 5'? grand.  Baldwin hasn't been any real help, not
>to say they didn't try.  They sent a new set of strings to install.  But
>we still had the problem.  I hate 'deregulating' it to accomplish an end
>result of saving the strings, but what else would you try???
>
>I look forward to your input!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Brian Trout
>Quarryville, Pa.
>