<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here's something even weirder, Terry. I = was prepping a Samick  ( co-incidence?  Hhmm......)  once, = got it all tuned up after first a pitch raise, took a break and came back to = find a wire buzzing on the next string. It looked like someone had cut the = string, but it was still coiled on the tuning pin end, although it was sitting in = between the other tuning pins. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The becket had pulled out. I replaced = the string. </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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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, August 20, = 2003 4:38 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: beckets</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Speaking of beckets........<BR><BR>Tuned a Samick = console today and when checking the tuning I had just completed, noticed G#6 unison = was bad - right string flat. Figured I simply missed turning that one. So I = cranked on the pin and it wouldn't sharpen. Oops - do I have my lever on the = wrong pin? Nope. Crank a little more and BANG. Oh shoot, did I break the string? = Nope. The string popped out of the becket! I guess it creeping out is what = caused the string to go flat. That was a first for me.<BR><BR>Terry Farrell<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>