Here in Belgium we have one adress sellin Roslau blue German strings : Taffijn Piano Supply Hoevestraat 37 b b-1755 Gooik. Belgium fax : 32 54/56 79 95 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Van Der Rhoer" <laurav1@mac.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 11:14 AM Subject: Beginner Student and String Breakage > > Thank you all for your helpful suggestions and encouragement! I will try to > learn as soon as possible how to replace strings (though I may have to send > to the U.S. for wire, not knowing who to contact here in Germany). > > Possibly I was on the wrong pin, but I think not, as I was being pretty > careful checking each time. But I will watch that all the more carefully in > future! > > Thank you Greg Newell for your tip to use a lubricant -- would McCall's VJ > Lube do? It came with the course. Otherwise I will order Protek's Center > Pin Lubricant as you mentioned. Is it applied with a small paint brush or > something else? Also, I will follow your advice on checking whether the > string has ridden up with the bridge pin. (The note really sounded > peculiar, as if it were loose or out of control, no matter which way I > turned. It kept reverberating as well, as if the sustain pedal were on). > There is an illustration of what I think you were describing in Reblitz's > "Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding" Chapter Four p. 116 -- "gently > tapping string down to bridge". Should I be tapping the string or the > bridge pins? > > I appreciate being able to ask some questions from time to time, I think it > will really help. > > Thank you Charles Neuman for your suggestion to write Randy Potter as well. > I thought he'd be overburdened perhaps. > > Many thanks to all again! > > Laura > > >
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