Interesting. Several local techs, including one very conservatively religious say, "Never say /I broke a string./ Say instead that /a string broke." / David Ilvedson wrote: > Speaking of the wrong way...I wouldn't be breaking strings for > practice in my primary piano. Use an old piano...jig...whatever... > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Original message > From: "Matthew Todd" > To: "Pianotech List" > Received: 7/22/2008 8:10:43 PM > Subject: Re: Breaking a String > > In regards to No. 3, I remember when I was 15 I watched the piano > tuner tune the piano in our church sanctuary. On one note he was > hitting, he had his hammer on a different pin, there was no pitch > change, and did indeed break the string, so that was his fault. He > left me the bill, and I noticed he still charged for the string > repair. I will never forget that! > > I guess in a way it is good to see how some people do things the wrong > way, so you know how not to do it! > > > Matthew > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080722/d46fe8c8/attachment.html
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