<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">That's absolutely true.<DIV>When guitars are stored in the non-pressurized cabins under planes if they are up to pitch they CAN be damaged.</DIV><DIV>When I was working with a group that flew in a piano (I forget the exact details) I flipped out when I thought of this and callled the local Bosendorfer dealer (I was in Australia at the time) and the dealer assured me that pianos had been flown in to them at 442 and truly not to worry. I didn't worry. The piano arrived safely and unharmed.</DIV><DIV>The stage hands did however release tension on all the other stringed instruments before they were flown..</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I wonder what the differnence would be?</DIV><DIV>The plate being able to take it- as opposed to the guitar not having such a thing?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Huh...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>:)</DIV><DIV>Strange is<BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:29 AM, Cy Shuster wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><FONT size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">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.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size="2"></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">--Cy--</SPAN></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; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">----- Original Message -----</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN><A title="fssturm@unm.edu" href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Fred Sturm</SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN><A title="caut@ptg.org" href="mailto:caut@ptg.org"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">College and University Technicians</SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> Monday, October 16, 2006 8:08 AM</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><B style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> [CAUT] Interesting inquiry</SPAN></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; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; "> We would appreciate your opinion on some advice we have received from Richard Hutton at Crown Relocations.</SPAN></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; font-family: Arial; "></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; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; ">The following is what Richard told us: </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; font-family: Arial; "><B style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; "><I style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">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 < </SPAN></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; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Arial; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0032dc"><B style="color: rgb(0, 50, 220); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><I style="color: rgb(0, 50, 220); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 50, 220); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">http://www.ptg.org/findATechnician-showRPT.php?State=NM&Sort=zip</SPAN></I></B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; font-family: Arial; "><B style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; "><I style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "> >). 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.</SPAN></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; font-family: Arial; "><B style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; "><I style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><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"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">fssturm@unm.edu</SPAN></A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>