Failure analysis of piano strings

A new interesting paper in  » Engineering Failure Analysis » published on ScienceDirect.com.

This paper studies the failure cause of two types of piano strings. Were taken into consideration bass and acute strings of a grand piano concert broken up. The mechanisms leading to rupture the strings are examined. The critical points studied are : tuning pin, agraffe, compression points, environment, tuner.

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