More on hearing protection

[Avery]

John,

At 07:49 PM 6/9/2006, you wrote:
>John,
>Do you know if this is a nationally known 
>method?  Maybe someone could demonstrate this at 
>various chapters and conventions.
>Marshall
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>From: <mailto:john at formsmapiano.com>John M. Formsma
>To: <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>'Pianotech List'
>Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 7:00 PM
>Subject: RE: More on hearing protection
>
>OK, tune very softly – just loud enough to hear 
>whatever you’re listening for when you tune. 
>With the hammer shank in the same hand as your 
>lever, set the pin and the string with the lever 
>where you think it won’t move. Then take the 
>shank and slightly deflect the string. 
>Obviously, you don’t want to be Arnold 
>Schwarzenegger here – enough to see a bit more 
>deflection than you think you might get with 
>your severest blows. Experiment – it’s doubtful 
>you will damage anything with a hammer shank. 
>Then check for pitch change. If it’s changed, 
>you didn’t set the string well enough or didn’t 
>deflect the string enough. Repeat until there is 
>no pitch change. Then, to verify this works, get 
>adequate ear protection and beat the stuffing out of the string.

And enjoy all the voicing you're going to have to 
do after doing this on a concert instrument! :-D

Avery

>
>That’s about as good as I can think to describe it.
>
>Experiment
enjoy!  ;-)
>
>John Formsma
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