Broken strings

[elizabeth-palladino]

I’ve had my Dusty Strings FH26 for three years and never yet broken a string. In the two months that I’ve had my FH36S, I’ve broken two of the low, phosphor-bronze core strings, (31 and 32) while tuning carefully and not overdoing it. Is this a common situation? Are these low strings especially touchy?

[jennifer-buehler]

Have you ever changed those strings? maybe they’re old?

[elizabeth-palladino]

It’s a new harp from Dusty–I ordered it in November of 2011, and got it Jan. 17, 2012.

[deb-l]

hi Elizabeth,

[elizabeth-palladino]

Thanks, Deb. In the beginning, everything tended to go sharpish–now everything tends to go flattish. (The crazy weather is not helping–with the windows open so early–even though the harps and the piano are nowhere near them–their tone changes, I think.) I do have to tune daily so far. I think that will change as the harp settles in–my FH26 was the same in the beginning, but after a while it stayed in tune much, much longer. I will treat the FH36S bass strings with kid gloves–although I swear I was not being vigorous with them. I do understand from my reading that those phosphor-bronze cores just do not stretch.

[deb-l]

hi Elizabeth, I’m glad you posted this I had no idea the phosphor-bronze cores were so touchy.

[deb-l]

hi Elizabeth, I am having this same problem too now with my FH36.

[elizabeth-palladino]

Hi Deb–After my earlier postings, I’ve never had any further problems. I think I was being careful, but not careful enough. Now when I tune the phosphor-bronze core strings, I turn by the most infintesimal increments–I’m really careful with it.

[deb-l]

breaking those wires right under your nose while tuning gives quite a fright doesn’t it?

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