Pianist breaking many strings

[Tom Sivak]

How about a Gulbransen spinet?  They sound so bad that he will not want to play it very much, thereby limiting the number of strings that break.

Seriously, I might try tuning the piano to a lower pitch level.  I used to tune for a small dinner theater where I would always find at least one string broken each month when I came to tune.   I started tuning the piano to A435 and this reduced the number of broken strings significantly.  

Less tension equaled fewer strings breaking.

Tom Sivak
Chicago


--- On Wed, 10/1/08, Music Man <musicman831 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Music Man <musicman831 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Pianist breaking many strings
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 5:49 PM
> Hi all. I have a client who is a professional pianist. He
> apparently plays quite forcefully. He seems to break one or
> two treble strings per month on average, usually in the
> upper three octaves. He has a Boston grand, model GP 193. He
> says he has always had this problem, no matter what piano he
> plays. He is wondering if there is a specific brand of piano
> that would lessen this problem. Any suggestions?
> Bruce Trummel
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