In a message dated 8/27/2000 6:46:33 AM, Doug wrote: <<"I'm the second or third tech to service this piano which the main complaint has been tuning instability.">> Doug; In this instance please define what you mean by "tuning instability". Newly strung instruments that have not had the requisite number of tunings (read stretching/settling/seating efforts) will typically display "tuning instability". The more sensitive the player, the less number of tunings, the more "instability" the piano will display. There is no magic involved here just a certain, varying, number of tunings and amount of playing time before any newly strung piano settles down. Early bird Roger had some good thoughts.......but you would expect that from a Baldwin tuner who uses a three foot long tuning lever!! :-) The particular thingee you are dealing with here has a "floating" pinblock and all the tightening of plate fasteners, tapping termination points, coil height setting and block to flange fitting magic ain't gonna keep it from flopping around just as it wants to do....................this brings us back to my original question "define tuning instability in this case". Jim Bryant (FL)
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