Hi Michael, I used to be a *bang it harder person*. Then one day on a brand new Baldwin upright a hammer came flying out at me. Is that hard enough? It *is* possible to get great stability without *bashing* til the (as you call them in England) rollers are flat. And yes I tune for *hard* players. One client in particular can choose to break a key, a string, or a hammer shank. Don't like his playing much--but he does have "control". At 08:57 PM 11/8/2003 -0000, you wrote: >Hello Don Rose >I wonder if I might take you up on on item? >You wrote: >"Then next mistake may be that you are pounding too hard on the notes. Learn >to tune softly." > >With this I completely and utterly dis-agree! >Why? >The next person who plays harder than you tuned it will knock it out of >tune. Who's to know "he" hasn't got a lumberjack for a friend? One of our >reps is the hardest player I've ever heard - he breaks strings on Yams - >he's like a whole orchestra in the Pit (which is what he's supposed to be!) >yet only because I tune harder than he plays is the piano still in tune >after a week of such treatment! >Now... shoot me down in flames if you like but (as someone else said) I am >what I am and he is what he is. And my tuning doesn't wander in the middle >of an LPO recording session either - so that's something in my favour! >BTW IU use a "T" hammer for grands. >Regards ;-) >Michael G (UK) must get my five-year-old into bed now in Sussex-by-the-Sea > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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