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HI Everyone,
I notice that there are two schools of thought on tuning, tuning a pure octave, or tuning octaves to partials.  How does everyone here tune, a pure octave or do you add beats to it?  I spoke with someone today who said that tuning to the whole sound or note isn't accurate.  What books other than Reblitz address these two methods of tuning?  
Marshall
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Radley 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:03 AM
  Subject: Steinway D water damage


  Hello,

  I have a client with a Steinway D (1962) - this piano was damaged by water from an air conditioner condenser failing over it.  The damage seems "minimal", although there are three strings F#2-G2-G#2 that will not permit tuning.  All three pins are in a straight line, and the rest of the pin block permits tuning and so far has been maintaining pitch.   I suspect that the pin block is cracked in the problem area - but hope this not to be the case.   Currently, I have a fan running to gently move air under the pin block - hoping that perhaps a good drying will help the situation (the fallboard is propped open about an inch to permit the air to enter - my thinking is that I didn't want to compromise the operation of the Dampp-chaser too much.   Also, the room is climate controlled and the temperature and RH are at reasonable levels last time I checked).

  My questions: 1) is it possible that the pin block is not damaged in the affected area?   2) if it is, is there anything short of replacing the pin block that would help the situation?

  This piano is in a "party room" that is no longer used extensively - so it is not in a critical use situation.

  Thanks in advance for any thoughts or assistance.

  John Radley


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