I'll bet the Julliard School doesn't have many Yamaha G-1's. Also, the kind of playing you describe will eventually break strings on ANY piano. There likely IS something wrong. The piano is too small. I serviced a five year old Yamaha C5 at a local Pentecostal Church. The pianists there are continually breaking strings over the whole compass of the keyboard. They break at the Agraff, V-bar, bridge pins and hitch pins. Bass Strings and plain wire. I told them and told them that their vicious style of playing was the cause. I increased let-off, decreased blow distance, and voiced the hammers nearly to mush. They never noticed any change in the action or tone and they still break strings. I resigned the account. Paul E. Dempsey, RPT Piano Technician Sr. Marshall University Huntington, WV 304-696-5418 304-617-1149
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