Untuning a M&H

[Ron Nossaman]

> Today I tuned a mid-70's Mason & Hamlin BB at a church. Several years 
> ago (before my time...) this piano wouldn't stay in tune, so the church 
> replaced it, and retired it to a multi-purpose room. I got to chatting 
> with the sound-guy who told me that a former tuner told them it wouldn't 
> stay in tune because it is mounted on a grand dolly, and that since 
> Mason and Hamliin's have that "star system" (tension resonator), every 
> time they move the piano, it torques the whole rim and puts it out of tune.
>  
> Sounds logical, right?

No, it doesn't. Sounds more like an excuse.


> Dave Davis, RPT
>  
> p.s. I wonder if the poor re-string job complete with loose coils and 
> strings riding up on the hitch pins a mm or two, and string rendering 
> problems would have any effect on tuning.  Hmmmmm.

Rendering problems, yes. Tuning skills at a level similar to 
stringing skills, yes. Poor re-string job, no.

Ron N