---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 3/20/03 8:13:56 AM Pacific Standard Time, Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no writes: > Only from piano pounders :) I dont pound, never have, never will. My tunings are solid as the proverbial rock and > that has as long as I remember been my strongest asset tuningwise. Pounding > simply is not neccessary. IMHO, once the piano is settled, it will need a less-firm blow to stay in tune. From personal experience, when tuning a new piano, especially lower and mid-range priced instruments, if I don't hit the notes at least moderately hard, the strings will just not equalize properly around the bridge pins. I can get many new pianos to drop more than a half step in the mid-upper treble with a firm blow. It all depends on quality and quantity of factory prep. Older, more stable pianos seem to be a different matter, especially if they've been tuned regularly by a decent tuner. But no matter how hard one hits the piano in tuning it, there is likely to be a player who hammers it harder. New hammer moldings and shanks shouldn't snap--that I'm sure we can all agree on. It was definitely a defective hammer. It wasn't at the staple, it was before the felt begins. Upon further inspection it looks as if there was a hidden vein/crack in the wood...I hope it's a one-off and doesn't affect the contiguous hammers! And I'm glad it happened in a store and not at a customer's house. That coulda been embarrassing. Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/96/4b/11/76/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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