<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3612.1700"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=50174904-26021999><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial = size=2>Hi there, Mr. Barrett. Good to see you on the list, too. Hope things are = well for you in Memphis.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=50174904-26021999><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=50174904-26021999><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial = size=2>I did lower the pitch slightly before raising it, but still two strings broke = on the one I did yesterday. Yes, I did say "shucks." <g></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=50174904-26021999><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=50174904-26021999><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial = size=2>John Formsma</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of</B> barre46@ibm.net<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 24, 1999 11:32 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wurlitzer problem<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Hi John, <P>Glad to see you on the list. This is Norm Barrett and it = shouldn't take long to tell you all that I know. What I was taught was to always = lower the pitch on a string before bringing it up. This is to break the seal = that occurs at the point where the string leaves the tuning pin. What you = observed about the angle of the string leaving the pin may be the = culprit. <P>When I worked for IBM on punch card machines I observed that new operators had a lot more card jams than experienced operators. You = could watch them and they would do every thing right but they would still = have more jams. I can also recall that I had many strings break when I = first started tuning than what I do now. I wish I could tell you why but = I'm sure that I'm not alone in this. <P>By the way, when the string broken did you say = "shucks"? <P>Norm Barrett <BR>Memphis, TN <P> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>