[pianotech] Spontaneous String Breakage

[Tom Driscoll]

Subject: Re: [pianotech] Spontaneous String Breakage


>> Miami Beach
> I've been told, besides a heavy hand, excessive use of the sustain pedal
> can also cause string breakage.
>
> Duaine
>
> -- 
> Duaine Hechler

Duaine,
I'm having trouble imagining how the dampers leaving the surface of the 
string with the pedal could contribute to string breakage. Isn't the damper 
off the string anyway when the hammer impacts ?
Any explanation of this theory appreciated,
Tom Driscoll
>