<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>This is common practice when shipping guitars.  The lowered tension reduces the risk of damage -- or so I've heard... I may just be spreading another myth.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fssturm@unm.edu href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">Fred Sturm</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 16, 2006 8:08 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Interesting inquiry</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi all, <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>For your amusement, following is an emailed inquiry I received today:</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px">  We would appreciate your opinion on some advice we have received from Richard Hutton at Crown Relocations.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px">The following is what Richard told us:  </SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px"><B><I>I have found some information regarding your parents piano. If they contact a member of the 'Piano Tuners and Technicians Guild' (this link will list those members in NM < </I></B></SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.ptg.org/findATechnician-showRPT.php?State=NM&Sort=zip"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#0032dc><B><I>http://www.ptg.org/findATechnician-showRPT.php?State=NM&Sort=zip</I></B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px"><B><I> >). Ask the piano tuner to then make a note of the 'pitch' of the piano (in it's current setting) and then to 'drop the pitch' - this is loosening the strings. The when the piano arrives here in NZ you can have a piano tuner re-set the 'pitch' back to it's original setting.</I></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px"><B><I><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></I></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>I've heard of using "original parts," but reverting to "original pitch" is a new one on me <G>. So that's what I've been missing all these years!</DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>It does show that the Piano Page gets used, even internationally. Maybe we're making some progress.</DIV> <DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>Fred Sturm</DIV> <DIV>University of New Mexico</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</A></DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>