[David Ilvedson]

Boy, that isn't my experience.   Of course this is California...piano heaven, but if a string is in tune and firm key action doesn't change it neither do I...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044


----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net, "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 1/9/2007 6:13:39 AM
Subject: Re: 



>> Do any have a "sense" or knowledge that a piano responds differently to 
>> different tuners such that if tuner A is followed by tuner B, the piano 
>> gets unstable until it settles into the style of tuning from the second 
>> tuner?

>Incidentally, I think a large part of the reason for this is 
>tuners being so willing to accept "freebies". We all leave 
>different "signature" torque and segment tension differences 
>in our tunings. I discovered a long time ago that by moving 
>and re-settling every single string, the resulting tuning is 
>much more stable.
>Ron N