David, I was so glad the request was addressed to you! Ed Sutton ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Boyce" <David at piano.plus.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:31 PM Subject: Re: Theory and practice of piano tuning by Brian Capleton > Yeah, in summary, he says, It's dirty work, but someone's got to do > it....... > > Chapter 11 is entitled Setting the Pin. It starts on page 439 and > finishes on page 480. I'm not sure that it's possible to summarise, but > perhaps this quote from near the start of the chapter may be useful: > > "The discussion set out here on setting the pin may seem so detailed as to > be daunting at first sight. The apparent complexity arises only because > the dynamics of pin-setting are decribed here in unusual technical detail > and depth. A practical and intuitive understanding of these dynamics are > usually learnt from many years of tuning experience. The essence of what > is described will therefore already be familiar to expert tuners at a > practical and intuitive level, at the very least as subconscious knowledge > gleaned from practical experience. > > "Does one need to understand the technical details? If you are a theorist > you will probably want to. If you are a practical tuner you can probably > skip over them if you wish, and still learn to set the pin from guided > experience. However, if you quite literally want to "know what you are > doing", then naturally, looking at the technuical details can be > enlightening." > > Er...hope that helps...... > > David. > > > > "David, > > > Could you summarize for us what Capleton has to say about setting the pin > (since, if memory serves, that is the context in which this book was most > recently brought up)? > > > Thanks, > > > Alan Eder" > > >
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