>Kuang, >By 'force' rather than 'torque' are you _bending_ the pins? >A big, big mistake. >Torque is part of the 'setting the pin' process, there is also >setting the string. I don't think you understand enough to >be tuning yet (just deriving from your posts). >I think you need to align yourself with a technician who will >direct you in your persuit rather than formulating your own >theories and experimenting on school pianos. >Jon Page >Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>...How do you know if you are >>excerting a torque and not force? Well, hold a tuning pin in the air, >>and turn it using a hammer. If the pin stays stationary, then you're >>excerting a torque. If not, then you're excerting a force... >>Kuang Wang Dear Jon, List, You must have misread his example. Maybe I am mistaken, but I think you will find after rereading it, you will find that he understands the difference between torque and force. It appears to me he also has a pretty good handle on some of the aspects of piano work. And what better place than school pianos to experiment . The first three years of my piano experience revolved around 80 + school pianos. Gee, what I didn't know then :-) Your suggestion to seek another technician, of course, is not without merit and an excellent direction to take to learn even more about piano technology. Joining the Piano Technicians Guild and associating with others would be an even more excellent move. Sincerely, Keith A. McGavern kam544@ionet.net Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
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