[pianotech] Hammer Technique: was Q & A Roundtable

John Formsma formsma at gmail.com
Tue Feb 1 18:36:46 MST 2011


On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:44 PM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>wrote:

But the point was that tuning up to the target in a couple of
> quick small movements to prevent overshooting can be quicker and more
> stable
> than overshooting and settling things back down.



Not sure it is necessarily more stable. I've tried several different ways,
and can get the same stability with all of them. Some of them feel better
than others, and the piano does make a difference in what lever technique
works best. I don't see how a normal overshoot, one string at a time, can
make a tuning less stable. After all, the net tension stays the same as if
you use those small movements without overshoot. (Assuming that's possible.)



> Overshoot is not necessary
> if you apply counter pressure to the pin to offset the tendency for the
> twisting and bending motion to pull it sharp, but I'm not going to revisit
> the entire thing here.  It's in the piece that I wrote and the application
> of that type of counter pressure was the main point.
>


A couple years ago, I thought I was doing the above with great success. But
nowadays, I'm not so sure. <G> Whatever I'm doing works, but I'm not sure I
could describe it very well using words. I think we basically find what
works well for us as individuals.

-- 
JF
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