<!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 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why were you trying to tune it to = A-441?  That certainly would not have helped the situation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pitch was 25 to 50 cents flat and = three strings were broke. Raised pitch to A441. Popped a half-dozen strings. After = replacing strings the piano was up to 20 cents flat in some areas. Raised pitch = again to A441. Popped a couple more strings. After replacing those, several = areas of scale were five to ten cents flat. Started bringing those areas up, = popped a couple more strings and then had to tell the owner that no way was = this piano going up to standard pitch by me (sure glad the two bass strings that = shot across the room missed that glass-fronted china cabinet). </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>