<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3199" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>In what way does the popping get better with each tuning? Does it start to become funny somehow?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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"><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think those Essex are made by Pearl River, who makes pianos with popping aggraffes and sticky pins.  Some Pearl Rivers have taken me an extra 1/2 hour to tune, and others are flagged "do not tune again".   The Pearl River tech guy says the popping gets better with each tuning, but I've yet to see that happen.   Bob.</FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>