<html> <blockquote type=cite cite></blockquote> Hi Bob, <blockquote type=cite cite>> I totally agree with your thoughts, but how many clients will pay > the freight when the subject is first brought up? Freight for what? You don't have to move the piano to dress a capo bar.... if I'm reading you right! (Although I have heard of some who tell the client the piano has to be taken to the shop to prefrom the ardus task of lost motion)</blockquote> Strickly a metaphor.  Dropping the tension and dressing the bar is usually a half days work. In most cases, to do only one one two notes, tends to make the others sound out of kelter. If you are talking about a new piano, a different story, the noise is probably a fault with a poorly dressed bar.  If the piano has a lot of noise in this area, I also recommend restringing the treble section, Having said this, if the customer expects to be paying for a tuning, and they are hit with 1/2 a days labour, in most cases they will rechedule or do nothing. <blockquote type=cite cite>>The glue is a band aid, > that buys some time, so that a) you can reschedule . Why would you put a band aid on something to buy time, to do the correct repair. This is only costing the client more, and in all likely hood confusing the client at the same time!</blockquote> A dab of glue will only take 1min tops, I would not charge the client, and it makes the tuning easier. <blockquote type=cite cite> b) get through a > performance situation.  I would not advise dropping a string the day of >the concert. Done it, no problems! I'm assuming that the strings are original, have been up to pitch for some time. If so, then I repeat.....no problems! ;~}</blockquote> I see, you use the same technique. Regards roger <div>Roger Jolly</div> <div>Saskatoon, Canada.</div> <div>306-665-0213</div> Fax 652-0505 </html>