This is pretty much the reason I choose to aim for the cleanest possible unisons first. THEN, brush/needle the hammers. Nice contrast when all done. A bit more work and unpleasantness up front. Nice, easy slide home. Robin > >>> > I tuned many, many Kimball consoles back in the "Eighties" when I was > doing work for a local piano store. The more false beats an instrument > has, the less "wiggle room" you have when tuning unisons (and octaves). > And if the hammers are overly bright... if the instrument is somewhat > shrill.... this just magnifies the problem. I've always believed that > voicing them down somewhat would improve matters greatly. > Unfortunately, most people who purchased these pianos had low price as > one of the leading priorities. To suggest anything that might cost > either the piano owner or store owner more money would simply put me in > the hot seat. I'm so glad the "Eighties" are over and I'm off the > tightrope. (Well....mostly.) JG >
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