Honky Tonk sound

[Bud Schwab]

Hi gang,

When I was tuning for MGM in the 60's and 70's we would put small tacks in 
the hammers to produce the honky tonk sound.  I believe we used those 
little tacks that you use to install bridle straps.  I would put three side 
by side in the trichords and two in the bichords.  It gave quite a good 
sound.  Can't tell you any more what movies they were all used in but there 
quite a few and never had any complaints.  I learned that trick from the 
previous MGM tuner.

Bud


>In reply to Ed Foote's comments about tuning one string of the trichord a
>bit high, I have also offered a "special effects tuning", which is a
>honky tonk sound. But my idea was to tune one of the trichords DOWN
>slightly. No one has taken me up on the offer yet, so I haven't actually
>done it.
>
>Have any others tried this? How did you do it? Did it work well? Did you
>retune the piano afterwards to normal?
>
>Wally Scherer
>Palm Beach County, Florida
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