I'm probably opening up a huge can of worms, but here goes! As a newbie tuner, I'm still fascinated by the different tuning personalities of certain brands of pianos. My current frustration is with Yamaha pianos, uprights and grands. Techniques I use for other pianos just don't seem to work here. When tuning Yamahas, I do the typical approach from above, carefully "notch tuning" until I get down to the correct pitch. Then I let go and the darn thing goes sharp. I end up doing a little jig where I approach from above, go past the spot where it needs to be, and then back up again at which point it usually settles in nicely. Does this make any sense at all? The fact that the pitch goes back up when I let go of the hammer makes me think that I am not settling the bottom of the pin properly. I'm worried that my "jig" technique described above it not going to produce a stable tuning. Any advice or experiences on this particular brand? PS - I was just looking in the Different Strokes book by Ken Burton and the closest comparison I can find is The Snake on page 59. By the way, my incoming server is down right now so if you try to respond privately, it may bounce. Michelle Smith Smith Piano Service Bastrop, Texas (512) 466-0238 michelle at cdaustin.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061209/413bdcff/attachment-0001.html
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