>>In my world, where the string may have been over 20 cents in either direction between the last tuning and now (regardless of where it is now), if it isn't hit firmly at least once, it isn't trustworthy, no matter how expert the tuner thinks his hammer technique is, because the change doesn't necessarily come from this side of the bridge. You don't know where it's been. Since I started using RCT I noticed this. Oftentimes if I hit an upper treble with a couple of hard blows I can see pitch drop 5 to 10 cents before I even touch the hammer. On those pianos usually the pin moves quite a bit before the pitch changes. I know no other way than hard test blows to stabilize those strings. Whack the daylights out of it until the pitch stabilizes. If it doesn't sound good with a soft blow, tune some more. I thought we were supposed to make it sound good whether hit with a hard blow or a soft blow. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802
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