At 01:31 PM 1/16/98 -0500, you wrote: > > >On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Avery Todd wrote: > >> List, >> >> Since treble then bass *is* rather obvious, :-) don't you think John >> might have been referring to whether to start stringing in the tenor or >> the treble? >> Just a thought. > >Of course he was! The tongue-in-cheek reply was meant to imply that it >really doesn't matter whether you start in the tenor or treble, it's pri- >marily a matter of personal preferrence. I would suggest, however, that >equally important to making sure that you support the pinblock from >underneath before starting to hammer in tuning pins, is to remember to >WEAR EAR PPOTECTION! When you show up at a new customer's home to tune >his piano for the first time and he asks, "Are you the piano tuner?", his >confidence in you might be somewhat shaken if you reply is "HUH?"!!!! :) > >Les Smith >lessmith@buffnet.net > > > Les & list, Maybe this is really stupid, but I just restrung a small grand and "padded" the face of the hammer with tape, putting on a new layer every so often (real precise!). It made a huge difference in the initial percussive sound. Try it, you might like it. Joseph Alkana RPT
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