I agree with you, Zen. It seems to me that if a tuning comes out more stable if done quickly, it may be that the person doing it is still learning hammer technique. By working quickly, they treat each note the same way. This leads to a sort of uniformity, which may be better than what they were doing agonizing over each note. Certainly bogging down occurs, and better results come from doing multiple passes quickly. But after the piano is at pitch, there comes the moment when one checks for "strays." Assuming one can fix these notes with minimal pin movement, the more polishing, the better the stability. IMHO, of course. Susan
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