<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Becket</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can one indian walk in single file? <g></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></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=pianotuner@embarqmail.com href="mailto:pianotuner@embarqmail.com">Alan Barnard</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 09, 2007 9:57 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Becket</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><BR>Truly, one must always take great care when forming theories on limited data.<BR><BR>Or, as Mark Twain observed: "Indians always walk single file. I know this because I saw one do it once."<BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Michael Kurta" <MKURTA@ROADRUNNER.COM> </MKURTA@ROADRUNNER.COM><BR>To: "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> </PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 12/9/2007 7:29:38 AM<BR>Subject: Re: Becket<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    More info on the broken becket I experienced last week.  Mine broke at the mid-point of the 90 degree bend.  When I cut the remaining bend off to get back into straight wire, the wire "crunched" when cut rather than the usual resistance as if it had crystallized.  Another 1/4" down the wire it was normal.  Making a new becket bend and reinstalling the wire worked fine.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    I agree with you Jurgen, in 20 years and 4,000 pianos I have never encountered this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    Mike Kurta  </FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>