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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Garamond"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Hey, Da=
ve,<BR>
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I don't have a lot of experience with them, but I broke the bottom C string=
on ours the first time I tuned it. The string cost $34 (from Boseendo=
rfer) and I'm still waiting for it. I could have had it shipped UPS fr=
om Austria for about $150, but I decided to wait on the container.<BR>
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I asked the dealer who sold them this piano, who is also a technician, if h=
e had any tips on tuning the bottom extra notes. He said, "If you=
break the string, you were too high." And there you have it.<BR>
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Ken Zahringer, RPT<BR>
Piano Technician<BR>
MU School of Music<BR>
297 Fine Arts<BR>
882-1202<BR>
cell 489-7529<BR>
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