No I don't think you need such an angle on the hitch pins, but I cannot imagine what problems that would cause. Where do the strings break? Seems to me that very first thing to do in a situation like this is to have the string scale evaluated by an qualified scaler and find out if the problem is in the scale. If the strings are too close to the breaking strength, then you know what needs to be done - rescale and restring. Terry Farrell PS - Is that picture distorted or is that really a 3-foot-long "grand" piano!? ----- Original Message ----- 1890 Schiedmeyer 5' baby grand , recently restrung by a reputable company. The owner calls me in because the previous tuner gave up trying to tune it; the new bass strings kept breaking and even his replacements broke. And while we're about it here is a picture of the hitch pins. Is it really necessary to have them at such an acute angle? AF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060610/6b1ce9b6/attachment.html
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