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  • June 25, 2012 at 11:50 pm #69635
    Elizabeth Volpé Bligh
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    The weirdest thing just happened: my 2nd octave B string broke after only one month, so I replaced it. It lasted a day, then broke again. I replaced it, and that one broke within the next few minutes, at the knot. (The knot did not untie..the end was still attached to it.) I replaced it again, and the same thing happened! So I reamed out the hole with a wooden toothpick, in case a

    June 26, 2012 at 2:53 am #69636
    carl-swanson
    Participant

    Does your harp have metal eyelets?

    June 26, 2012 at 5:39 pm #69637
    Elizabeth Volpé Bligh
    Participant

    No, it has plastic eyelets.

    June 26, 2012 at 6:18 pm #69638
    David Ice
    Member

    I’ve had similar things, once even breaking before I brought it up to pitch.

    June 26, 2012 at 7:05 pm #69639
    carl-swanson
    Participant

    I should have also asked you if it broke each time in the same place. Are you replacing the string each time with gut or nylon? If it’s with gut, and always from the same multiple length string, then maybe the string is defective.

    June 26, 2012 at 10:31 pm #69640
    Elizabeth Volpé Bligh
    Participant

    Actually, I replaced it from two different string bags to see if it was a bad batch of string, but both strings broke in exactly the same spot: just above the knot. They were both gut strings. After I

    June 29, 2012 at 4:58 am #69641
    Elizabeth Volpé Bligh
    Participant

    Now the string next to it, the 2nd octave A (gut), also broke at the bottom. It was only 6 months old. How odd!

    July 1, 2012 at 12:43 am #69642
    Elizabeth Volpé Bligh
    Participant

    This is getting freaky..now the 2nd octave B broke at the top, several days after I had stopped worrying about it.

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