Al and Ric, We probably have different definitions of "pounding." There was a tuner in the area that *every* strike was about as loud as my normal test blow (90-100 dB). Then his test blows were even louder than his normal, which were louder than my test blow. It's probably all in the definition. I'm not a pounder by my friend's definition, or by my own definition. I might be by yours. And as I said early on in this discussion, I'm always open to learning different ways of stabilization. (Like using a hammer shank, which I brought up a few years back. It works, but it's more cumbersome.) -- JF On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 7:37 AM, AlliedPianoCraft < AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com> wrote: > Ric....This is what I've been shouting here. I just don't understand the > necessity of pounding! > > I guess it's how you learned in the first place and your natural > preference. > > Al Guecia > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no> > To: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:10 AM > Subject: for those on the fence about hearing protection.. > > >I have to disagree... there simply is no such thing as a piano that > > <<requiress>> hard pounding to get into and hold a stable tuning. There > > > are too many tuners out there that are capable of extremely stable > > tunings without pounding. There may be tuners who can only tune this > > way... and there may be tuners who cant get a stable tuning one way or > > the other... but that by no means says anything about pianos... only the > > > tuners. > > > > Pounding is simply not necessary. Pound away if you find it the easiest > > > way to be sure... but in the end the <<stable tuning>> is in the wrist. > > Pounders... at least the good ones... simply set the string by learning > > the right combination of where to leave the pin and how much pounding to > > > bring it into place. Non pounders... at least teh good ones of these > > just set the string where it should be in the first place and no amount > > of pounding will do anything positive at all. > > > > This is a classic different strokes for different folks thingy... there > > is no <<one way>> here. > > > > Cheers > > RicB > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080326/bbe25f01/attachment.html
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