I don't know if that's what they meant but I would agree that's wrong. With Steinway uprights the pin is so flexible that if the hammer is past the 12:00 position the pin tends to flex downward when you are pulling up the pitch. That means you must settle the pin with an upward and backward motion or it will drift sharp. That's awkward and counterintuitive for most people. The better pin technique, I've found, on those pianos is to make sure the hammer is at or just short of 12:00 so that moving the pin to raise the pitch lifts the pin or at least doesn't flex it downward. That way, when you go to settle things you do it downward and backward to settle the pin and remove and twisting. It's a bit easier and more instinctive. If I ever learned to tune left handed (which I haven't and is hopeless at this point) it would probably be easier that way. Lubricating at the pressure and bearing bar also helps as has been described. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com In a message dated 1/23/2008 8:01:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, diggeray at comcast.net writes: Greetings, I have been told to just pull them up and thats it. WWwheLLL!....., that seems to me, like a cheap rip off tuning, and doing that doesnt settle the pin correctly. The tuning should last the customer. Is that it? Is that where I am going wrong on this whole ordeal? Am I trying to settle pins that are not meant to be settled? I am talking about grands here as well as the K'$.
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