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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I regularly find myself having to retune the notes
at the break on any brand of piano. I have always felt that the
gap for the plate strut leaves no strings and as such, there is unstable
tension there.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why it keep going out afterward is a mystery.
I would look for a plate crack also. They can be hard to spot
sometimes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>