Technical problems and their resolution

string replacement

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Opening post by essemme

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good morning Paolo, I would kindly need your help given your experience, I am writing, if

then you have time please reply to me because it is important to me, so,

while tuning an old

piano that I use as a test subject, a string broke, the central one.

i would like to learn how to fix it, i have

dismantled the whole piano but I stopped because I cannot work with the crossbar and the

soundboard, the keyboard is disassembled.

the question is ''; am I proceeding correctly by dismantling the whole piano

(upright) to work where the strings are.. in the sense that do I have to continue dismantling since the

string that broke is the central one? is there another method?

if you can send me a guide I would be truly grateful..

thank you very much.

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Reply 2 by pianoexpert

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Dear essemme,

if we had to disassemble the piano for every broken string..... heaven forbid! Just remove the action frame. As you will see, you can easily reach, passing behind the keyboard, the lower part where you see the bridge and, beyond that, where you see the pin around which the string passes or attaches (if the strings have single eyelets). I don't know if your piano has single-eyelet strings or not. You should be careful to place a pair of tweezers where the string turns so that you can work comfortably at the top. Pry the broken part on the affected tuning pins and unscrew it about three turns. Wrap the left one first and then the right one as well. Cut the string about three fingers above the pin. Naturally, you must first measure the broken string with a caliper to choose the suitable diameter.

If you find yourself in difficulty, call a technician. Afterwards, you can do the string seating and subsequent tuning yourself.

P.S. If it is a copper-wound string, you must have it remade in a laboratory according to the exact measurements (total diameter, steel diameter, length of the copper winding, distance between the eyelet and the tip of the bridge).

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Reply 3 by essemme

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ok thanks paolo really very kind now I will dedicate myself to it,, in fact it seemed strange to me..

you are very kind thank you.

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Reply 4 by essemme

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sorry paolo but 'castelletto della meccanica' is not on the nomenclature piano. which one do you mean?

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Reply 6 by pianoexpert

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The upper part of the action, which rests on two supports, is held at the top by threaded knobs or wooden stops.

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Reply 7 by essemme

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ok paolo, i was just writing to you that I had understood..

thanks, you are truly a friend!

have a good day

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