moving the pin more than necessary, piano string stop to untune , really; after some years, just necessary to bring back a little tension, a small 1? move of the pin is often enough, and does not change the whole shebang too much. that's what I understood anyway On concert piano it is often just a matter to bring back phase, and realize the tuning pin/string segment "knot" yes ? ------------------------------------ Isaac OLEG accordeur - reparateur - concert oleg-i@noos.fr 19 rue Jules Ferry 94400 VITRY sur SEINE tel: 033 01 47 18 06 98 fax: 33 01 47 18 06 90 mobile: 033 06 60 42 58 77 ------------------------------------ > -----Message d'origine----- > De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la > part de Andrew & Rebeca Anderson > Envoye : dimanche 9 novembre 2003 18:32 > A : Pianotech > Objet : Re: smooth delicate and creamy > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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