Tuned a 1960 Wurly spinet 2 months ago. 80 cent pitch raise and a tuning. Piano in very good condition. Lady calls me up a couple days ago and says one note has gone bad. She plays it over the phone and this thing is REALLY baaaaad. She said piano had been fine for two months and then the other morning the daughter went to practice and.... Yucko! I go there this morning and check it out. F4 has left string about 80 cents flat, center string about 60 cents flat and right string up to pitch. (Left and center strings are contiguous.) All other strings are up to pitch. Tuning pins are tight, hitch pin has not moved/broken, bridge pins appear tight and unmoved, string not broke. So what is the deal? What happened? The only thing I can figure is something like the string was not seated well on the hitch pin (or maybe a bridge pin) and had been close to moving for years, and the added tension after the pitch raise made the string closer to readjusting on the hitch pin, and finally it did and the string went flat. That's all I can speculate. Anyone else? Terry Farrell
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