<HTML>Donald, This should be on that new ESPN show, "Extreme Piano Tuning."  You'= d think she'd have figured it out after about the 25th broken string. Dave Stahl In a message dated 6/27/03 5:59:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time, donspiano@E= arthlink.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Hello Piannaman , I tuned f= or a cello pro in a local symphony  and his wife was the piano player at rehearsal times ,  The piano was a bal= dwin Hamilton.    She was an expert at everything and tried he= r hand at tuning,  She broke 47 strings through out the piano as she also sai= d she would replace the strings to her husband, She tried  he first string to replace and reported to the hospital as the steel wire cut her and went through her hand, The call was reported as tuning and broken strings,  She paid for h= er mistakes big time. On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 12:18  AM, Piannaman@aol.com wrot</FON= T></BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>