Tuning without a click...

[ETomlinCF3@aol.com]

Group,

I have not posted to the group for some time.  I will try and post only when I
have something to add that hasn't been written about.

I tune a Mason & Hamlin from, I believe, the Falcone years. (7 years old or
so)

The piano is a hard one to tune in that the pin block is spongy and doesn't
feel as if the pin moves.  No click, no snap, no definite feel.  The piano
sounds like a powerhouse.  When it is serviced it sounds great but I hate to
tune it because it responds so different than any other piano I tune.  It is a
7 foot BB and it is in a large Baptist church and is played a lot but I want
to hear from any of you that may have some technique that may get me
through... I get there, but I feel it takes to long and it is a struggle not a
joy.

Thanks,

Ed Tomlinson
Vancouver Wa