<!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 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, in twenty years this is a new one = for me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yesterday I did a 1/4 step pitch raise = and tune on a Kimball "spinsole" that a couple had just moved here (Des Moines) from = California. Nothing appeared out of the ordinary and everything went = just fine. When I was done they loved how much better it sounded and considering = the piano, I thought it came out better than expected.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today I get a call from them that the = piano sounded great yesterday, but when they played it this morning, it sounded so out = of tune that they thought that they were playing the wrong keys. I thought she = was exagerating until I had her play it over the phone. It is clear that = something catastrophic occured during the night. Either a broken plate or bridge, = I would say.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm going over in a few days to see = whats going on. They seem like nice folks but I got to wondering if they are going to = blame this on me. While bringing it up to pitch may have pushed something over the = edge, everything I did was standard procedure. Has anyone been charged with = piano slaughter? I'm trying to think of how to put the best spin on a bad situation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Bunch</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>