I was tuning the 12th and last piano late in the evening for a high school music festival the next day. The last time through, a string broke (G35-G#36, I think, with 20 gauge wire). This was on a Hamilton studio #169090. The tuning pins on this piano are very close together in this area, and that created some difficulty. I could hardly use a string lifter because of the close quarters. I take pride in my coils, and this did not turn out to be the best. The stiff wire adds to the difficulty. If I had removed the capo bar, installation of the string would have been somewhat easier. Do any of you recommend that? If I had done that, what would have happened to the overall pitch of the piano? I am thinking through this so I can do it better next time. Arlie D. Rauch Glendive, MT
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