Restringing

Piano strings generally last anywhere between 50 and 100 years. The life of a set of bass strings varies, but as a rule the longer the length, the longer the life.
Old wire becomes brittle, tarnished or corroded and can break more easily. Wrestpins lose essential “grab” in the plank, the tuning characteristics become spongy and sometimes the wrestpins will simply not hold.
Normally procedure dictates the replacement of these pins using a new set of a larger diameter. Care has to be taken not to exacerbate the problem or split a weak plank. Sometimes wrestplank replacement is unavoidable.
Only the finest quality 5 ply quartered Canadian Rock Maple replacement planks are deployed. These are manufactured by Bolduc.