Broken piano string

Broken Piano String

The piano usually has about 220-230 strings made of tempered high-carbon steel, the bass strings have a steel wire braided with copper.

Each string holds about 70-80 kilograms of tension, so the total tension of most classical pianos is between 15-20 tons.

The new piano string stretches and is extremely elastic. If you provide regular maintenance to your piano and do not expose it to extreme conditions, you will most likely not have these problems.

There is no such flexibility in older pianos or in pianos exposed to poor conditions and extreme pressure. Therefore, the piano string may crack.

What to do when a piano string breaks?

Broken piano strings cannot be repaired. Do not remove the piano string yourself and it is very important that you do not throw it away!

Piano strings come in a variety of sizes and thicknesses on each brand and model of piano.

If the piano string breaks, call a piano technician. The piano technician will remove, measure the damaged string and replace it, and only in this way he can make a new string and provide the appropriate sound.

We also recommend tuning after replacing the piano string.

Have you had several piano strings broken in a short period of time?

If several piano strings have broken in a short time or if the piano does not stick to the tuning, this may be a sign of a bigger problem. If the strings crack even under minor pressure, or do not even withstand tuning, in this case the piano should be inspected in detail.

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