Hardbopjazz Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 I am at the Rufus Reid show. The pianist warming up snapped the A sting an octave above middle C. He wasn’t even hitting the keys that hard. Now the wait for Steinway to come replace the string. I wonder if the new string will stretch like a new string does on a guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lipi Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Neat. And, yes: you need to re-tune new strings a few times during the first year, but I suspect that a professional instrument is tuned way more often than that regardless. Small aside: the A5 (the A above middle C) has more than one string on (almost?) all pianos. I wonder whether they all snapped or "just" one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted September 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) There are 3 strings. Just one snapped. That’s all that was replaced. The Steinway tech tuned it a slight semi tone sharp to allow for stretching. I guess a string breaking is fairly common. The tech was saying he was replacing a string at another venue before coming the Jazz Standard. Edited September 17, 2018 by Hardbopjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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