Ditto. Often I'll move the pin back and forth on what would otherwise be a freebie, and prove to my satisfaction that it really was centered. If it is in tune from 3-6 months ago and neither firm test blows move it nor nudging of the hammer back and forth, that string ain't going anywhere. When I come back in 6 months and find it just as stable I feel I have enough anecdotal evidence to not feel bad in taking some freebies. I have lots of pianos with climate control systems on regular schedules that are very solid when I start tuning. In that situation, if the string is on and firm test blows are not moving it, why would I want to disrupt it? My feelings (and experience) are the string will be more solid if I leave it alone. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Ilvedson Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:33 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org 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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