David, By saying that California is piano heaven, do you mean that the tuning stability there is excellent, compared to other areas of the country; or, were you suggesting that the climate there creates more work for piano tech?? Robin Blankenship ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:33 AM Subject: Re: > Boy, that isn't my experience. Of course this is California...piano > heaven, but if a string is in tune and firm key action doesn't change it > neither do I... > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> > To: l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net, "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> > Received: 1/9/2007 6:13:39 AM > Subject: Re: > > > >>> Do any have a "sense" or knowledge that a piano responds differently to >>> different tuners such that if tuner A is followed by tuner B, the piano >>> gets unstable until it settles into the style of tuning from the second >>> tuner? > >>Incidentally, I think a large part of the reason for this is >>tuners being so willing to accept "freebies". We all leave >>different "signature" torque and segment tension differences >>in our tunings. I discovered a long time ago that by moving >>and re-settling every single string, the resulting tuning is >>much more stable. >>Ron N >
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