Piano Strings Breaking?: High-Tension vs Low-Tension String Types
piano | March 25, 2013
People sometimes ask, “Why are my strings breaking on my new piano?” I played the same loudly-sustained Gospel music on my grandmother’s old spinet in Atlanta, and the strings never broke.” Good question! Some new pianos, made with softer piano soundboard rims (such as Philippine mahogany) are strung with high-tension strings, which are designed to bring […]