> You don't even have to tune them to be blamed. Years ago I went to problem solve a really neat Art-Deco style Acrosonic. (Gorgeous veneer work). Lady had complained that a few notes were sounding buzzy. This was my first visit to the piano. She played the offending notes, plenty of nasty sounds. I opened the lid to find two broken bass strings. Hmmmm....why? Since they were not broken at the top end, I opened the bottom to take a look. Yuck! Two feet of rust and green gunk. I say, "This piano has had water in it." She asks, "How can you tell?" <G>. Well, she wants to spend nothing on the piano but still wants to play it. So, I explain that *everything* is severely rusty - strings, springs, etc. and that it will continue to self-destruct. Yes, she understands but "Can you just get rid of the buzzing?". Since both broken strings were each one string of different bichords, I told her that I would remove them, coil them, and leave them in the bottom of the piano...no charge. She's happy for about a week of playing. Return call while I'm in the neighborhood finds most of the rusty damper springs and half the hammer butt springs now broken "I'm sorry, remember I warned you that it would self-destruct?" Yes, she remembers. A week later I get a call from another tech. She had called him to go out and look at her piano because a lady tech had broken her piano! He knew something wasn't quite right with that story! So...once again...no good deed....LOL Debbie
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