[Robin Blankenship]

David,

By saying that California is piano heaven, do you mean that the tuning 
stability there is excellent, compared to other areas of the country; or, 
were you suggesting that the climate there creates more work for piano 
tech??

Robin Blankenship

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:33 AM
Subject: Re:


> 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
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>
> ----- 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:
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>>> 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
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