<html> <body> Hi Phil,                Could it be that the new wire, is in a nice clean area of the capo bar,  and is sounding cleaner and brighter than those around it?   I usually burnish out the new string with a hammer shank,   burnish until the wire feels almost warm.    This will make a big difference to unison stability. Leaving a piano on the dock exposed to the open air,  is a bummer.  Regards Roger At 09:38 AM 3/7/2004, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hello all. Recenty, a wire broke on this piano(G5-G#5 unison) during a show..hey, it happens right? Anyway, a few days after the show, the tech director calls me to tell me that a string has broken and wants it fixed asap - not a problem. This is a piano I regularly care for. The Piano was pulled out of its 'house'  in order for me to replace the string.  Where it was pulled to was just inside of the loading dock doors on a day when there was another show coming in..approx. 60% RH kind of day here. The piano was in this environment for approx. 4 hrs total time. After I changed the wire, I told the tech director to please move this piano back in its 'house' asap. He assured me he would, and at this point, I am assuming that it was moved back quickly..we have a great relationship. The first show after that incident was Friday Night. What I observed was the killer octave section(D5-G6) was pretty far out..much more than it normally is..ok...I tuned, spending a little more time on the repaired wire and this section in general. Saturday Morning I get a call from the tech director telling me that the guest soloist was complaining about some "ringing in the piano". I was scheduled to be there at 5:30 to tune anyway...and I've been notified of a problem. When I got to the piano at 5:30, what I observed was the killer octave section, in general, had really gone sour..and what the soloist was hearing, honestly, was the new wire G#5 unison falling just a bit..but what _I_ heard made me take notice and wonder: -the whole section in general sounded bad. Would a broken wire in that section affect that section affect the bridge that much? I haven't seen that in the past. with other wire replacement on this instrument. -The environment that the piano was in for approx. 4 hrs. was much harsher than its use to, and this is my gut feeling as to why the piano was a tad sick Friday night..or.. -is it possible that my pin-setting technique needs to be more critical(if that's possible) with this section of the D(I haven't seen this problem in the 5 years working with the instrument)..or.. -Is it possibly all of the above? I'm scratching my head on this one, and if you have experience with the D in a similar concert setting, I'd like to hear your gut feeling. Thanks, Phil Bondi(Fl) _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a></blockquote></body> </html>