<<I agree with you completly Phil, there is no such thing as "pounding too hard" unless you are breaking keys regularly!>> (from a previous post; lost track of the author) I have to disagree with this. There is such a thing as pounding too hard. I used to pound really hard, and would occasionally break key sticks and strings, although many times, the keys had a weak spot in the grain, usually at the balance pin hole, and the strings were OK but the hammers were too hard. Anyway, I would frequently find my tunings sharp when doing my final check, even tho' they were "right on" with the SAT as I was tuning, doing unisons as I went. I asked the list about this, and someone replied that too-hard test blows can cause strings to drift sharp. I have since lightened up my key pounding and have almost no incidence of tunings drifting sharp. I haven't changed my tuning style in any other aspect, so I think that was it. --David Nereson, RPT And pounding hard too often leaves you with strings creeping sharp when you quit, particularly when you're lowering pitch. Ron N Or raising pitch. Doesn't seem to matter, in my experience. --D.N. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080320/04fe5807/attachment.html
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