quote: Is Ron Koval here? I noticed on his youtube videos, such as this one, he uses a hammer position of roughly 10 o'clock for uprights, at least for the tenor on up. Yes, I'm over here!! (waving hand) ;-) I believe, like Terry, that it is possible to tune well at any clock position... I started out on my own and came up with that technique for uprights to use the strength of my hand in a squeezing motion for raising the pitch. Any pull of the pin is up, away from the bottom, so that the pin setting is a downward motion in the direction of the string pull. Helps a lot for dealing with loose pins. Doesn't work so well on rendering problems where the last motion needs to be pulling up the pitch... Really this is about searching and finding what works best for YOUR particular needs. There is no "one size fits all" approach. I've got big hands and don't normally tune too many pianos each day, so putting all the power/stress on hand hasn't been an issue. It may not work so well for someone doing 4 or 5 tunings a day on a regular basis. Ron Koval Chicagoland _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/
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