[pianotech] Spontaneous String Breakage

[Phil Frankenberg]

Years ago when I was a member of the San Francisco chapter, I recall someone 
saying that the sea air contibuted to string breakage. I have no idea if 
this had any science to back it up or was just an old tuners tale.

Phil Frankenberg
CSUChico
Chico, Ca.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PJR" <pryan2 at the-beach.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:19 PM
Subject: [pianotech] Spontaneous String Breakage


> 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
>
>