<!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 6.00.6000.16527" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>Bob-</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Call Zuckerman Harpsichords.</DIV> <DIV>They provide excellent, friendly support on all their kits from the Zuckerbox forward.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ed Sutton</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=ITUNEPIANO@aol.com href="mailto:ITUNEPIANO@aol.com">ITUNEPIANO@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 21, 2007 2:38 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Harpsichord strings breaking</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>A local church has a Zuckerman, Double Choir Harpsichord.  I don't know if this was a kit or not, but the coils on the pins are not very neat, so I suspect it's a kit.  When I tune it to A-440, strings break.  I've currently tuned it to A-415 (one semi-tone flat), but the music director isn't happy transposing everything.  I'm betting the bridge is in the wrong place, causing the string tension to reach the breaking point at A-440.  I'd be interested in any suggestions on a cost-effective fix.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Bob Maret, RPT<BR>Piano Technician<BR></FONT></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> See what's new at <A title=http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170 href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target=_blank>AOL.com</A> and <A title=http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169 href="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" target=_blank>Make AOL Your Homepage</A>.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>