<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080" lang="EN-US" style="tab-interval: .5in"> Good advice Don RicB Don Mannino wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><link href="cid:filelist.xml@01C37C58.AAF19070" rel=File-List><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><style>  </style> List,Jim has some good advice there - calling Eric is a good plan - great guy who knows his stuff.I used to tune a few of these, and for me the answer was to use the springing of the pin to my advantage.  The pins are long and very springy (with no plate bushings to help support them), and the coils are often very high off the plate as well.  So the basic idea is to rotate each pin so that the pitch is fairly sharp, then with the tuning lever straight up in the air pull it towards you in small jerking motions to settle the pin and the string down to pitch without turning the pin at all.  Using good solid test blows.  Even with high V-bar friction this can allow small movements and good fine tuning while leaving the pin and upper part of the string "loaded" so that the pitch will not drop in hard playing.   If the pitch of the string wants to pop sharp on a test blow, then don't turn the pin quite so far sharp before springing the pin for final tuning.  If it still wants to pop flat on a test blow, try starting with it sharper.This worked well for me on the Steinway 1098s that I used to service regularly.  See if it works for you.Don -----Original Message----- From: Jim Busby [<A HREF="mailto:jim_busby@byu.edu">mailto:jim_busby@byu.edu</A>] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 12:45 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: RE: Tuning Steinway Verticals <blockquote dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div class=Section1> <div class="MsoNormal">List,<o:p></o:p></div> <o:p></o:p> I’ve got 12 brand new 1098s and they do tune up better than before the modification made three years ago. Call <st1:PersonName>Eric Schandall</st1:PersonName> and he will give you some “tricks” to tuning them. (Really. And no, that doesn’t include dropping them off a cliff) they are vastly improved over the ones we all know and hate to tune.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <st1:PersonName>Jim Busby</st1:PersonName> BYU<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p></div> </blockquote> </blockquote> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <A HREF="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A>   </body> </html>