<HTML>In a message dated 4/6/02 8:07:40 AM Central Standard Time, A440A@aol.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I do put 15 cents sharpness in the plain wire and keep it that high as I relieve all the bends.  Then dropping it to pitch, if needed, leaves me with a string that will need pulling up in a week and that is about it.   Regards, Ed Foote </BLOCKQUOTE> I pull the string a half step high, then tune the piano, and just before I leave, drop the pitch to about 5 cents high. I go back a few days later, and the string is usually in tune. With private customers I tell them that note will sound a little funny for a while, then wit will sound good, I then say, when it becomes bad again, and you can't stand it, call me and I'll retune it. It's amazing how few calls I get. And when I go back a year later, that string is way out, but the customer didn't hear it. It's usually some other note they are concerned about. Wim </HTML>