<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 2/21/01 5:46:09 AM Central Standard Time,
<BR>dnereson@dimensional.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Set the temperament, tuned octaves to the top, then started in on the bass,
<BR>and while tuning bass unisons, I heard "the big bang". Now the first
<BR>octave of the plain wire section was suddenly a quarter-step flat, but the
<BR>bass and rest of the treble were still up to A=440 level. So I took the
<BR>action out and with a bright light inspected the plate very closely and
<BR>could find no cracks. There was one hitch pin that had two very small
<BR>hairline cracks around it, but someone (maybe the factory?) had relocated
<BR>the hitch pin about 2 inches lower, out of the cracked area. I searched
<BR>and searched and could find no evidence of plate cracking, rib separation,
<BR>bridge splitting, pinblock separation or anything else having given way</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>I heard that once, and the soundboard cracked. Perhaps there is no rib
<BR>separation, but the crack could still be there somewhere. The customer heard
<BR>it, and called me back later to complain about a "funny" sound. I told her
<BR>the soundboard cracked, and that there was nothing I could do about it.
<BR>This is one of the reasons I never raise pitch an old upright. It happened to
<BR>me once, I don't want to have it happen again.
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<BR>Willem </FONT></HTML>