<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RE: Instability puzzler</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Me, too.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Gary Fluke</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Snohomish, WA</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"><B>From:</B> <A title=rlshiflet@cableone.net href="mailto:rlshiflet@cableone.net">Ron and Lorene Shiflet</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotuner@embarqmail.com href="mailto:pianotuner@embarqmail.com">pianotuner@embarqmail.com</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 06, 2007 9:12 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Instability puzzler</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <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> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron</FONT>  </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>