<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>To this great advice, let me add (hypothetically, of = course) to watch out for scraping off four or five damper felts with the string, = since the felts may only be hanging on by a few wisps of wool.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=tune4u@earthlink.net = href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan Barnard</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> Saturday, July 09, 2005 = 3:27 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Spinet Bass = String</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>For the new person at = stringing, a little bitter experience most of us have had: Make sure the top part = is through the agraffe or under the capo or under the pressure bar if any = of those are present in the piano. And even if it is just the simple = upper-termination-pin-in-the-plate-thingy-what-are-those-actually-called-= anyway, make sure everything is in its place—and stays there—as you bring = it up to pitch. </FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>