Breaking a String

[reggaepass at aol.com]

Here at the Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, we had a student compose a piece a few years ago that involved breaking a string by tuning it it ever sharper until... recording the sound, which was then processed as part of a live laptop improvisation.  The piano I designated for this was an old Baldwin F.  If memory serves, we chose a note somewhere in the vicinity of C5 (though I don't recall exactly why).  In the "rehearsal", we got it to go about a fourth sharp before the over-stressed wire gave up the ghost.  How far sharp you can go depends on the percentage of the breaking point the wire is at "normal" pitch.



YMMV.




Alan Eder


-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:22 am
Subject: Breaking a String








I will be practicing string replacement on my Yamaha U-1.  But first, I need a string to replace.
  
 
  
What is the proper procedure for breaking a string?  I think this was posted on the list not too long ago, but I can't find it.
  
 
  
Thanks!
Matthew



 




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