Et. Al. I'm curious, what do you mean when you say, "pich correct too much"? Andrew At 08:57 PM 11/8/2003 +0000, you wrote: >Hello Don Rose >I wonder if I might take you up on on item? >You wrote: >"Probably the big "mistake" is that you are trying to pitch correct too >much. Next time you tune a piano that is mere 4 cents flat (at A4)--take >the time to measure A3, A4, A5, and A6 after you have finished. I suspect >you will find they are not where you placed them originally." > >With this I completely agree! Mark it dear readers! > >"Then next mistake may be that you are pounding too hard on the notes. Learn >to tune softly." > >With this I completely and utterly dis-agree! >Why? >The next person who plays harder than you tuned it will knock it out of >tune. Who's to know "he" hasn't got a lumberjack for a friend? One of our >reps is the hardest player I've ever heard - he breaks strings on Yams - >he's like a whole orchestra in the Pit (which is what he's supposed to be!) >yet only because I tune harder than he plays is the piano still in tune >after a week of such treatment! >Now... shoot me down in flames if you like but (as someone else said) I am >what I am and he is what he is. And my tuning doesn't wander in the middle >of an LPO recording session either - so that's something in my favour! >BTW IU use a "T" hammer for grands. >Regards ;-) >Michael G (UK) must get my five-year-old into bed now in Sussex-by-the-Sea > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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