---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On zaterdag, jan 25, 2003, at 21:17 Europe/Amsterdam, Bigeartb@aol.com=20= wrote: > Antares: > =A0=A0=A0=A0 Please elaborate on the 'Yamaha Method' of tuning. I = would=20 > appreciate it > > Tommy Black > Decatur, Ala. > > At the Yamaha academy the teachers will teach the students to really=20 turn the lever up to a point. This happens with controlled force. When one tunes an upright, the elbow will be placed on top of the piano=20= and this gives a firm and stable basis to apply force. It also includes=20= standing in an upright position. I myself do not use this elbow method, nor do I use the Yamaha method=20 for grands. I have learned to focus to tune in minuscule steps, to really turn the=20= pin and thereby set it. I notice for instance instability when a former tuner was/is insecure=20 in his method. The tuning pin will not be steadfast in regard to the=20 string parts and vice versa. As I stated before, I bang, but I forgot to say that I bang like a=20 karate chop and not with just one finger which indeed will be damaged=20 after a number of years. It has already happened to me, including=20 various other parts of my arm, back and shoulders. Tuning always needs a certain force to make sure that the tension in=20 various string parts equalizes, but that we knew. The difficulty lies in finding a balance between banging and tuning pin=20= technique as Ed Foot pointed out. In the end, all depends on the tunability of the instrument. When the=20 pins are incredibly tight like with Samicks and new Bechsteins (I mean,=20= basically these instruments are un-tunable and I have told them already=20= a number of times but they don't seem to care) we must use the Yamaha=20 technique, which means a controlled applying of force, and then a lot=20 of that. Steinways are another matter and everybody has to find its own=20= happy way. Every piano asks for a different tuning pin approach, depending on age,=20= wear and tear and the way the factory built them. Bechstein and Samicks=20= are awful tuning instruments, Yamaha's and Schimmels a piece of cake,=20 Petrofs and the like are in the middle...sometime a little like this,=20 sometimes a little like that and so on. However, if you work for a major concert hall and you still don't know=20= about this, you'll be out on the streets sooner than later, generally=20 speaking, so we really are forced to come out and prove ourselves at=20 that moment. Nobody's technique is better or worse, the concert hall will test every=20= tuner to his/her limits. friendly greetings from Antares, The netherlands Where Music is no harm can be....... see my website at : www.concertpianoservice.nl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2666 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c8/e4/1d/e3/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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