too much "pounding!"

[Charly Tuner]

This is the same, or at least ONE of the methods that our Steinway tech 
uses...but the "pressing" of the string with the brass rod is done ONLY to 
cofirm that the string IS completely settled. So when he perfects a unison 
with key strikes and setting the pin, (with the hammer) THEN he tests the 
solidness of the unison with the brass rod.

terry

>From: Don <drose@dlcwest.com>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: too much "pounding!"
>Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:08:47 -0600
>
>Hi,
>
>Where exactly does he press?
>
>At 08:11 AM 03/30/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> >Terry
> > A Steinway tech showed us a technique he uses for setting the strings:
> >after tuning the string he presses against the string in its speaking 
>length
> >with a brass tool and deflects (bends) the string about as much as its
> >diameter to settle it.
>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
>
>Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
>
>drose@dlcwest.com
>http://donrose.htmlplanet.com/
>
>3004 Grant Rd.
>REGINA, SK
>S4S 5G7
>306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
>

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