Hello List, Ed Foote wrote: "...We have a very bright Steinway D that is played constantly. I restrung it in 1984 with Mapes wire. It has never broken a string (20 years and several sets of hammers)..." Ed's post made me think about the mechanism of string breakage. I would guess that the string is most likely to break when the first reflection from the bridge returns and hits the agraffe or capo. The magnitude of the reflection is a function of the impedance match between the string and soundboard, so it would seem possible that a piano with a high reflection coefficient at the bridge is harder on the strings. As Andre mentioned, regulation and voicing would also matter because the hammer dwell time (string contact time) would have an effect on the damping of the reflected wave too. Vladan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
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