Hi Ed, If soft blow tuning won't produce stable results then you probably attempting to pitch correct the piano rather than tune it. At 02:13 PM 10/30/2005 -0500, you wrote: >Reading Stephen Birkett's posts on friction free bearings has led me to the conclusion there is no substitute for strong test blows to produce a stable tuning on a modern piano. How strong will depend on how high the friction is in the bearing points. (I don't think Stephen said this, this is my conclusion after thinking about the difference between hypothetical friction free bearings and real pianos.) > >I don't mean there is no value to soft, intuitive tuning, but that ultimately, that isn't enough to be sure. > >Note that although Mr. Troost tunes with soft blows, he concludes by putting on ear protection and pounding all 88 keys, then checking and correcting. > >Ed Sutton Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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