It's always good to make a "test" blow, just to be sure it's there to stay. But I don't recommend pounding the devil out of it. If you have good technique, you won't need to pound. If you pound hard, you may find that the string ends up sharp later, especially in the top octaves. Paul McCloud San Diego From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Court Stewart Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 8:57 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Test Blows List, though this subject has been discussed many times before, I figured it wouldn't hurt to get some more input. Does anyone here use a "soft" tuning technique that they feel results in as stable a tuning as using traditional hard test blows? With all the discussions we have regarding hearing protection, and special "pounders" made of hammer heads, etc., I know it's a matter of concern to many. Assuming good hammer technique is present, is it possible to dependably (and efficiently) equalize string section tensions without a good "whack"? Thanks for your thoughts. -Court Stewart -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090903/4ef8685f/attachment-0001.htm>
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