[pianotech] Satisfied but persistent customer question

[Jack Houweling]

Hi Ron,

What are plate lags?

Jack Houweling


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Satisfied but persistent customer question


> Jon Page wrote:
>>> Geoff, what has been done to try to stabilize the piano? (For example, 
>>> have
>>> the coils on the tuning pins been tapped? Plate screws snugged?)
>>
>>
>> Contrary to popular belief, uneven coils do not make for an unstable 
>> tuning.
>
> That's right, as with so very many popular beliefs. Plate lags too. How 
> could either of these affect unison stability tuning after tuning after 
> tuning without ever running out of "slack"?
> Ron N
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>