On 10/23/10 3:59 PM, David Love wrote: > What do you mean by setting the pins "heavily or lightly" This is like trying to put into English how to tie a shoe. But I might hazard a theory about my hammer technique. *Heavily-set pin:* the string is pulled above pitch liberally and worked back down such that not only the twist is removed from the pin but some additional twist is added to leave the pin almost wanting to pull the string back sharp. This twist opposes heavy playing wanting to pull slack out of the tuning pin segment. If the note rises after some time, then I would say that the pin was "over set." *Lightly-set pin:* The string is pulled above pitch moreconservatively and after settling, the pin is left in a more or less relaxed state, as if to anticipate only the stresses of diurnal temp/humidity changes. To use another's terminology which never did quite catch on: it depends on where you leave the tuning pin in the "marshmallow zone." Tom Cole -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101023/1000dad5/attachment.htm>
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