In a message dated 8/20/2003 7:38:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: > Speaking of beckets........ > > Tuned a Samick console today and when checking the tuning I had just completed, noticed G#6 unison was bad - right string flat. Figured I simply missed turning that one. So I cranked on the pin and it wouldn't sharpen. Oops - do I have my lever on the wrong pin? Nope. Crank a little more and BANG. Oh shoot, did I break the string? Nope. The string popped out of the becket! I guess it creeping out is what caused the string > to go flat. That was a first for me. > > Terry Farrell Terry - Had the same experience recently with a Kimball console about 25 years old. Many of the becket strings extended out of the holes and will go thru and tighten everything as much as I can next time around. Looks like someone at the factory didn't take the time to do it right when the piano was originally strung. Don Bee, RPT Chicago Chapter
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