Hi David, Beg to differ here about the hardness of hammers: :-) Quote: "How's the voicing on the piano? In a high/hard use situation, hard, bright hammers can cause all kinds of broken string problems." Avery At 08:10 PM 02/04/03 -0500, you wrote: >Byron- > >First, did you mean a model GE30? (5'5"). I don't see any GE3 on the >Kawai website. No one has addressed the stringing scale, hardness of >hammers, shape and hardness of capo bar, angle of strings coming off capo >bar (any front duplex?) on this fairly short model piano Why don't you >have her practice a bit next time you're there (before you tune)? It might >give you an idea of how much her style is contributing to the problem. Of >no relevance to this issue, but out of curiosity, how would you describe >the degree of torque on the tuning pins? > >Good luck > >David Skolnik >Hastings, NY > > >At 12:52 PM 2/4/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >>I recently tuned a four-year-old Kawai GE3 and ended up replacing 13 >>broken strings (26 unisons). I found out that the client has broken >>twenty some strings since she bought the piano. She is a tiny (100 lbs) >>third year performance piano University student that is studying under a >>Russian instructor. The Russian instructor possibly explains the banging >>technique that she has acquired. She told me that she has broken strings >>on other pianos. All of the broken strings are in the high mid-treble and >>low high-treble and broken at the capo bar and some of the replaced >>strings have been broken. >> >> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = >> "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> >> >>I realize that this piano would probably not have any problems in 95 >>percent of the homes it would be placed in because the players would not >>pound so. However I'm wondering: >> >> >> >>1. Could it be a flaw in the piano design or construction? >> >> >> >>2. If anything can be done to make these strings less susceptible to >>breakage? >> >> >> >>Any insight would be appreciated. These strings are covered by warranty >>but the situation is not good because she has to practice on a piano with >>missing strings or newly replaced (constantly going flat) strings. >> >> >> >>Thanks >> >> >> >>Byron Quam piano tuning and repair >> >>Vancouver BC > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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