<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I work at a = dealership and see new pianos come out of the crate where the bass strings are over 15 = cents sharp quite often. Doesn't seem to lead to any falseness in the tone on these.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Just a = thought.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=pianotuna@accesscomm.ca = href="mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca">Don</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 08, = 2003 9:07 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> base string over = pull</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Micheal<BR><BR>Of course new strings will drop more = than 15 cents. The "feeling" is that<BR>going over 15 cents sharp with wound = strings may make them false. I don't<BR>think any definitive research has been = done in this area.<BR><BR>A440 forever! *grin* = <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>