<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> </head> <body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> <div>Indeed!  Never tell a customer that "you" broke a string!  Then, they'll claim you broke it and won't pay you for the repair! DAMHIK!!!!  </div> <div><br> </div> <div>If I see a lot of rust on strings, or if it hasn't been tuned for many years, I will warn them that one or more might break, and it's not my fault and will result in a repair!!</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Hint: if tuning a very flat piano, go through the bass strings first, giving them a jolt DOWN in pitch before bringing them up to a tunable pitch.  Again, DAMHIK!!  </div> <div><br> </div> <div>Paul</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"> <div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Marshall Gisondi <<a href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">pianotune05@hotmail.com</a>><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>"<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Monday, October 29, 2012 3:37 PM<br> <span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[pianotech] pitch raises<br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><style></style> <div class="hmmessage"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="3" face="Arial">Hi Cy,</font><br> <font size="3" face="Arial">I learned at the school that piano techs don't break strings, that rather strings can break during tuning.  So to answer your question, during a pitch raise I never break strings, but on a couple rare occasions a string couldn't handle the tension. :-)  I will admit however I do pray during a lot of them especially on old pianos and spinets.  </font><br> <font size="3" face="Arial">Marshall </font><br>  <br> </div> </div> </div> </span> </body> </html>