Dead-On Unisons - Was Startlingly Stable Steinway

[Wayne M. Williams]

Dear Allen:
Thanks for the advice about "finess". This old Steimway just would not stay 
in tune. I will try to shorten the time by finessing the string, but us it 
possible that the pin just ism't holding>

Regards,
Wayne Williams
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Barnard" <tune4u at earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: Dead-On Unisons - Was Startlingly Stable Steinway


> 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.
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> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>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
>>
>>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