'New' Schumann

[David Vanderhoofven]

Hi Monty,

I would doubt that the strings were broken during the move or delivery.  I 
would suspect that it is probably just due to heavy use at the school.

Some common reasons for broken strings
1.  Pianist playing very hard, or using the sustain pedal excessively
2.  Piano receiving hard use (many hours of use a day)
3.  Very hard hammers, or hammers with heavy wear and/or flat spots
4.  Rusty/old strings
5.  Technician error (tuning lever on wrong tuning pin, etc.)

I personally have never seen a string broken because of a move, but I am 
always open to new ideas!

Sincerely,

David Vanderhoofven
Joplin, MO

At 04:28 PM 1/3/2005, you wrote:
>I've come across a couple of uprights, owned locally by the public school 
>district, that are new Schumann's.  This is the U 822 model, Serial 
>#HHA01131.  As I've gone in to tune, I've noticed that both have had bass 
>strings broken and repaired, roughly in the same area.  One of them is 
>missing an F2 string.  I'm guessing that these bass strings were broken in 
>the move, or delivery.
>
>Monty Nichols