Friends: OK, so this piano is nothing special, for sure. 1956 K & C console. But when I went to tune it today, 3 (yes, that's THREE!) single wound bass strings tore! I was fit to be tied! I HATE hearing them things go bang like that! One string was knotted by a previous tuner, and I had replaced one four years ago. What is going on here? No rust or anything, was tuned in 92, 93, 94, 96 and now 98, always in October. Any ideas? I'm afraid to touch the thing again. One other oddity, if it's a clue; it's always 10-15 cents flat, unusual for a piano this age even if it IS tuned only every two years. Clyde Hollinger
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