pianotech-digest V1997 #733

Ted Simmons ted@palmnet.net
Thu, 9 Apr 1998 15:38:19 -0400


Whichever way you pound, soft or hard, when you're finished, pound hard on
each note going up or down the scale, and clean up unisons afterwards.
Then pound up or down the scale again and clean up unisons.  That should do
it. You want to make sure the player isn't going to put it out of tune with
a fortissimo.  That's why you want to do a super fortissimo when you've
finished tuning.

Ted Simmons

>I would appreciate knowing what some of you other tuners think about
>pounding a piano hard vs soft pounding.  One tuner I know pounds pianos
>really hard and his tunings tend to be very stable and long lasting.
>But I have also heard other tuners say that pounding hard during the
>tuning process is not good.  Any thoughts on this?
>
>Thanks,
>Jim Turner




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