> Andrew wrote: > Any old-timers out there with hints on making these more stable? I'm not old, but if they are loose, you could try to epoxy them in place. > The two in my customer inventory both needed huge pitch corrections. Which notes were the Accu-just pins on? And only two? Who installed these? > They were more work than most other pianos I work with. Maybe I need to > adjust my hammer technique a little. Keep you tuning hammer for tuning pins. Every time I've tried to turn the hitch pins, they just spin around and the string slips on them. > I will suggest keeping them in tune for greater stability. Well, that certainly makes sense. > Ie. major pitch correction, 2 months regular tuning, four months regular > tuning, then every six months etc. Any other ideas to add to the mix? You want more of this? ;-) Terry Farrell PS: Why would you think the hitch pins have anything to do with tuning stability? Although, I wonder, if a string is shared by two adjacent notes, is there any chance that erratic string tensions with the string scaling might cause tuning instability - the string slowly moving from the low tension length to the high tension length? Is that what you are thinking?
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