<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2743.600" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">I'm very careful about this, because I don't want the customer to claim I've ruined the piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Other than that, I doubt it matters very much unless you are a duplex tuner.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">You may have to loosen the strings and tap the plate over a tad.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:Wimblees@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> 8/17/2004 5:38:56 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> strings on deplex</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>How important is it to have only three strings on each bump of the duplex on a D? I restrung a D, and some bumps have 4 strings, some are just barely off to one side, but on the next bump. The customer is claiming I ruined her piano. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano tuner/technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama<BR></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>