Dead-On Unisons - Was Startlingly Stable Steinway

[Alan Barnard]

Pretty rare, actually. This piano was just amazing.

I'm not sure what you mean by "rather not bother" but, for me, if there is ANY noise in it, I retune. If you are still kind of new, you may be moving the pin too much which can make unison tuning take too long and be frustrating.

 It's really a matter of "finessing" the string into tune and often requires very, very little movement. It's a touch that can't be taught, really, just practice while thinking about and feeling what's happening at all times when the hammer is on the pin.

Hope it helps.

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO

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>From: Michelle Smith <michelle at cdaustin.com>
>Sent: Jul 30, 2006 8:13 PM
>To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: Dead-On Unisons - Was Startlingly Stable Steinway
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>Alan wrote:
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>Tuned the piano and had multiple freebies, including some don't-touch'em
>unisons. There was not a single string more than 3 or 4 cents out and darned
>few that were that "bad". And I'm very fussy about on-pitch notes and
>dead-on unisons.
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>Hi all.  I'm interested to know how many "don't-touch'em unisons" y'all come
>across in your daily work.  Quite often I find unisons I'd rather not
>bother.  Then for some dumb reason I decide to mess with them to see if
>there's any room for improvement.  (Newbie tuner experimentations.)  Thanks
>for sharing your experiences.  
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>Michelle Smith
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>Bastrop, Texas
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Salem, Missouri