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color:navy'>I have learned on unfamiliar and sometimes familiar under pitch
pianos to relax the string before bringing up the pitch. Almost inevitably
when I forget to do this “Ping!” a broken string.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Garret<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike McCoy<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:14 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pianotech List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Breaking a String<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I have to disagree with <i>"never". </i>If you are
on the wrong pin due to inexperience or lack of attention, then you did break
the string and the customer should not pay to have it fixed. In my opinion of
course.<br>
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Mike McCoy<br>
Langhorne, PA.<br>
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Leslie Bartlett wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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>
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David Ilvedson wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Speaking of the wrong way...I wouldn't be breaking strings
for practice in my primary piano. Use an old
piano...jig...whatever...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>David Ilvedson, RPT<br>
Pacifica, CA 94044<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Original message<br>
From: "Matthew Todd" <br>
To: "Pianotech List" <br>
Received: 7/22/2008 8:10:43 PM<br>
Subject: Re: Breaking a String<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>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>
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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>
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<br>
Matthew<o:p></o:p></p>
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