test blows

[Cy Shuster]

If you're trying to achieve tuning stability for, say, a concert performance
of Rachmaninoff, how could a final whack be counterproductive?  Better you
than the performer, eh?

--Cy Shuster--
Rochester, MN

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 2:03 AM
Subject: RE: test blows


> You don't need to use
> "extremely hard test blows" while tuning.  In fact, I don't like to use
> "extremely hard test blows" at all.  If you tune while playing the note
> frequently and firmly, a final whack to the note doesn't really help and
> might even be counterporductive.