Pianist breaking many strings

[wimblees at aol.com]

I agree with David. We are piano technicians, not piano teachers, (unless you happen to do both). All we can tell them is why strings break. It's up to them what they do with that information. 


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Mililani, Oahu, HI
808-349-2943
Author of: 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Porritt, David <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:13 am
Subject: RE: Pianist breaking many strings



Stephane:

While I agree with your premise, I don't think there's much chance of success on 
this.  When piano technicians try to teach piano technique to professional 
players, they tend to resent it.  They think of themselves as the professionals 
and we are the repair people.  

In the 22 years I've been at my current place, we've had two chronic string 
breakers - several strings a week.  Other players have broken the occasional 
string but these two were way ahead of the pack.  The thing they had in common 
was the fact that they both were angry young men.  Their playing sounded angry 
because they were.  

dp


David M. Porritt, RPT 

dporritt at smu.edu




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