This is certainly not a new question - but I need some new ideas - what do you do when you tune regularly (4 times/year) for a piano teacher who teaches ALOT of students - and a string breaks, so you replace it - you tell her that the new one will be out of tune tomorrow - she understands that, but every two weeks the out-of-tune string is driving her nuts - she would like to buy a tuning hammer and fix it herself, but I know that if she touches anything inside the piano, she will break it (she is extremely impulsive, almost hyper). Do I just mute it off until it streches and tell her that she simply has to live with two muted notes (in this case it is a bass bi-chord), or is there some other trick I don't know about? I kept pulling it (way up) when I was there, but that lasts about two days, in my experience. P.S. She doesn't live around the corner - maybe 10 miles away - she also sends me a TREMENDOUS number of referrals - I DO want to keep her happy. I appreciate anyone's input. Harriet Long Island __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
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