"Kevin E. Ramsey RPT" wrote: > > Because the tuning pins are set so firmly in the block, It's necessary to > make sure that the pin is settled down, not forced down, into position. This > can be difficult, but you just have to remember to make sure the pin has no > "spring" in it. I usually do this by lifting back up on the pin a little to > see if it wants to change pitch more than it should. I do this, too. And I try to solve the jumpiness problem by making the pitch jump sharp by X amount followed by jumping flat by .9X (or 1.1X, depending on the direction I'm changing the pitch) to achieve small increments of change. I guess there's no such thing as slow pull in this situation, no matter what you try. Tom Cole mailto:tcole@cruzio.com
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