[pianotech] Spontaneous String Breakage

[PJR]

After being called three times in a six month period to replace broken 
treble strings on a ten year old Yammy C6 piano on a ship,  I chided the 
piano player (the only one) of having a heavy hand.  He confided that he 
has never broken a string while playing.  They always break at night and 
are there when he uses the piano the next day.  It has not been my 
experience that strings break "in the night," but I haven't stayed up 
that many nights observing them.  Was he jivin' me, or have others had 
this experience too?

Phil Ryan
Miami Beach