<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Interesting. Several local techs, including one very conservatively religious say, "Never say <i>I broke a string.</i> Say instead that <i>a string broke."   </i><br> <br> David Ilvedson wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:00B6F6FD0716151D35BB00500A@David" type="cite"> <title>Re: Breaking a String</title> <div>Speaking of the wrong way...I wouldn't be breaking strings for practice in my primary piano.   Use an old piano...jig...whatever...</div> <div> </div> <div>David Ilvedson, RPT<br> Pacifica, CA 94044<br> </div> <div style="border-left: 3px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5px;"> <hr>Original message<br> From: "Matthew Todd" <toddpianoworks@att.net> </toddpianoworks@att.net><br> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> </pianotech@ptg.org><br> Received: 7/22/2008 8:10:43 PM<br> Subject: Re: Breaking a String<br> <br> <p align="left">In regards to No. 3, I remember when I was 15 I watched the piano tuner tune the piano in our church sanctuary.  On one note he was hitting, he had his hammer on a different pin, there was no pitch change, and did indeed break the string, so that was his fault.  He left me the bill, and I noticed he still charged for the string repair.  I will never forget that!<br> <br> I guess in a way it is good to see how some people do things the wrong way, so you know how not to do it!<br> <br> <br> Matthew<br> <br> </p> <br> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>