Convention hints?

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Hi Lance,
Thanks for the plug.
John used the hammer shank very lightly and in doing so did not disturb the
string level. You can hear the tone change when the strings are out of
level.
Joe Goss
Mother Goose
----- Original Message -----
From: Lance Lafargue <lafargue@iamerica.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 10:15 AM
Subject: RE: Convention hints?


> Richard,
> Good point.  I hadn't thought of that. I'm not sure he was pressing that
> hard. I've not tried the technique yet, but I'll remember to check any
> changes after trying it.  His demo of tuning that way followed string
> leveling, so I assume he had considered that.  Do you have the Mother
Goose/
> bubble/brass string leveler?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of Richard Moody
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:32 AM
> To: piano tech
> Subject: Re: Convention hints?
>
>
>
>
> >He said that many
> > times you just can't beat all of the segments into equal tension and the
> > shank helps to do that and make a more stable tuning.  That technique
was
> > new to me.
> >
> > Lance Lafargue, RPT
>
> The string levelers must have been biting their tongue if they didn't
> express concern.    ; )      ---ric
>
>
>
>