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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I wonder how Goose Juice or Protek applied at the
agraffe, would help?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<A title=anrebe@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:anrebe@sbcglobal.net">Andrew and
Rebeca Anderson</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 05, 2007 6:19
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Snap Crackle Pop!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>It is common on cheap chinese agraffes. You are lucky no
strings broke. I've had that happen on new pianos coming out of the
box. Plan on letting down to a pop and then smoothly pulling up to
pitch. <BR><BR>Andrew Anderson<BR><BR>At 03:22 PM 12/5/2007, you
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT size=2>Hi all. I did
a warranty tuning on an Essex baby grand today and here was the story on
every string that had an agraffe: <BR> <BR>Pull (no pitch change)
<BR>Pull (a little pitch change)<BR>Pull (POP! at the agraffe and the string
goes way sharp)<BR>Bring down to pitch. <BR> <BR>I don’t tune a
lot of new grands in this neck of the woods. Is the popping noise
typical?<BR> <BR></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Michelle
Smith<BR>Smith Piano Service<BR>Bastrop, Texas<BR>(512)
466-0238<BR>michelle@smithpianoservice.com<BR></FONT><FONT
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