Thank you very much. Sure answered my question, and helps me make a decision. The dealer, who I have a good relationship with, is a good fellow, and I'm sure tried to satisfy this client, but finally had to give up, or I suppose give him the store. I didn't contact him about this event, but some day will mention it in passing. Thanks again. Carl / Winnipeg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Fw: strings breaking/ Nordheimer > On 11/18/2010 9:06 PM, Carl Teplitski wrote: > >> Sounds like you may have the answer I was looking for, and it's the >> manner of play that's causing the >> breakeage. Changing to different strings would likely produce a >> different tone than the originals. > > As least for a while, until those are broken too. In the 80's I saw a > 4'-something high school vocal music teacher utterly destroy a new Baldwin > studio in under a year and a half. We went through three full sets of bass > strings, the last a "heavy duty" set supplied by Baldwin, and hands full > of individual replacements. She stood at the piano, since she couldn't see > over it sitting, and her full straight arm weight went into playing loud > enough to be heard over (drown out?) the choir. I'd told her at the first > string break that she needed a grand, and a big one, but that wasn't about > to happen. The piano finally came back to the store worn out, patched up, > and utterly worthless for resale as used. I'm not sure what they did with > it, but it sure deserved better. > > I wish you luck, as it's unlikely to be any fun. > Ron N
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