[pianotech] Consensus of technique

[David Love]

Depends on the piano.  When possible I like to pull to the target and stop
using the tuning hammer to manipulate the torque with an offset flexing.
Or, when it's sharp, lower it to the pitch and stop.  Minimal back and forth
movements of the string segments through the friction points makes for the
greatest stability.  Sometimes, however, the piano doesn't let you do that.


David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Duaine & Laura Hechler
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 2:30 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Consensus of technique

I'm looking for a consensus of string tuning technique - bottom up or
top down.

bottom up - meaning the string is flat and you pull up to pitch or if
the string is sharp, you over shoot the target pitch a little and tune up,.

Top down - meaning if the string is flat, you over shoot the target
pitch a little and tune down.

I adopted the top down.

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