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<DIV>In a message dated 9/14/04 12:35:07 PM Central Daylight Time,
pianotuna@accesscomm.ca writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>Hi,<BR><BR>I've seen a former factory worker use a blunt screw dr=
iver
to lift on the<BR>tuning pin side of the agraffe. She *really* went at it
lifting them well<BR>over 1/8 inch up. It did improve string level and zin=
gs
too. She played the<BR>note with the damper pedal down when she was doing =
the
lifting...quite a<BR>pitch excursion resulted.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DI=
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<DIV>OK, I just came back from the week long Steinway voicing seminar, and w=
e
instructed to lift the string on the speaking side to level. Is this method =
of
lifting the string on the tuning pin side a better way to level strings, or =
just
an alternative method? In either case, I do think a solid tuning afterwards =
is
in order. :)</DIV>
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<DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>