[CAUT] M&H pressure lube

[Avery Todd]

Dan,

One question.

At 08:46 AM 3/9/2005, you wrote:

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I'd like to work with this for a while but there's one thing I'm not sure 
of. What do you mean by "tapping" of the hammer?

>I have found that a very light "tapping" of the hammer when setting the 
>string right at the same instant you test-blow the key, will put a 
>tremedous "force" (so to speak) through the  whole string at that instant 
>the hammer hits the sting, causing it to adjust, or move - if you will - , 
>the whole lenght of the string.   It literally will equal the tention thru 
>the whole lenght of the string, setting it to a sability that will amaze 
>you.  I mean, once you have it "set" using this method,  it will NOT move, 
>I don't care how hard or how many times you pound on the key.   It 
>literally stabalizes the whole string.

Avery Todd
University of Houston

>Dan Tassin, RPT
>Piano Technician
>Michigan State Univ.
>E.Lansing, MI.
>tassin@MSU.edu
>" Life is a bowl of cherrys, only if you live in the jar."
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>llafargue writes:
>>I have a few customers with M&H BB's and I find them relatively
>>difficult to tune because of the steep angle of the strings at
>>capo/duplex areas.  They're just not fun and I don't think a couple of
>>them stay in tune as well as they should.  Do any of you lube this area
>>with good affect and if so, what do you use?  Thanks.
>>
>>Lance Lafargue, RPT
>>LAFARGUE PIANOS
>>New Orleans Chapter, PTG
>>985.72P.IANO
>>llafargue@charter.net
>>www.lafarguepianos.com
>>
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