<!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 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would have done what you did. It's = not your problem, it's the rental agency/dealer's. Probably, nobody would play = that note, anyway. </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=HazenBannister@cs.com href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 02, 2003 = 5:06 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> to repair or not to = repair</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Hi list,<BR>  I had to tune for a concert = last Thursday, at Erskine College,on a rental Steinway D.<BR>The pin on A 0 = was major loose ( the piano was fairly new ).I did not drive it,as it was = not our piano,and no one was around to give me permission.If it had been = middle C,it would no been no question,but where it was ,I got it as close as it = would hold, and let it go. It was so loose, I did not think a routine hit = would do the job, and I didn't want to play with it too much,as the piano was = only delivered a few hours in advance, in the pouring rain.What would some = of you had done,as I know most available repairs,but not what the dealer = would have wanted.<BR>Best,<BR>Hazen Bannister</FONT> = </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>