<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4913.1100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Laura, That = "cracking" sound; I'd be willing to bet it's coming from the pinblock rather than from the = area of the string bearing points. Does this sound right to you? If so, it's = fairly common for pianos with tight pinblocks. Baldwin is famous for this...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=laurav1@mac.com href="mailto:laurav1@mac.com">Van Der = Rhoer</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 24, 2002 = 8:07 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Beginner Student and = String Breakage</DIV><BR>I will definitely stick with the jerking method of = tuning for now, but<BR>wonder is it normal at some notches to hear a fairly = firm crack sound?  (The<BR>string that broke didn't do that, but with = other strings I noticed it.)<BR><BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Laura<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>