near impossible tuning

[Ron Nossaman]

> There is an older Young Chang G-185 I tune that does what I think you're
> describing. Is there a lot of flagpoling and the pitch goes wayyyyy up or
> down depending on the pin movement? This is the one piano that I just put
> earplugs in and hit it hard. But, what works in that piano is "memorizing"
> the feel of how the string moves and where it falls into place the best.
> Since the smallest actual movement of the pin in the block results in 20+
> cents pitch change, I just discount 18 of those cents and work with it until
> it falls into proper place.

Don't we do this with everything we tune?
Ron N