[pianotech] Hammer Technique: was Q & A Roundtable

[David Love]

Most people do overshoot as part of their standard technique but you don't have to. Overshooting is a more indirect way of tuning than just tuning straight to the target. By applying counter pressure to the lever you can avoid overshooting and I find it's not only faster but has other benefits which I outlined. 
David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com
(sent from bb)

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
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Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:40:14 
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Subject: Re: [pianotech] Hammer Technique: was Q & A Roundtable

On 2/1/2011 8:31 PM, David Love wrote:
> Consider that the main issue in stability is tension equilibrium in the
> various string segments (more than leaving excess flex in the pin).

Yes, I know.


>Over
> shooting means that you have necessarily increased the tension in the
> first segment (nearest the tuning pin) more than the other segments and
> stability is only achieved when you have released the excess tension
> from that segment back to the remaining segments and they land where you
> want them.

It also means that you might know what you're doing and the overshoot is 
compensation for where everything will settle when the back torque of 
the pin is happy and in equilibrium with the string tension and system 
friction. Anyone that can't read the system isn't going to be able to 
produce a stable tuning, and string rendering is part of reading the 
system.

Ron N