<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3504.2500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">I just pluck and wiggle the hammer = 'til it all sounds good....</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Now, does anyone have experience = regulating the patented Bluthner action?</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:moffatt5@telus.net" = title=moffatt5@telus.net>Robert Moffatt</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 31, 2003 = 11:21 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Tuning the Bluthner/plucking</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>The real answer is, don't = look...listen! After all.....for whom you are tuning ...they don't know = about little spinning red things..they are just listening..as I believe = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>we all should do. = (IMHO)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> </DIV> <DIV> <HR> </DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=2>Moffatt & Sons Piano Atelier<BR>Master Piano Technicians<BR>Calgary, Alberta - Canada<BR>Tel. 403 243-0385 = <BR></FONT><A href="mailto:moffattr@cadvision.com"><FONT size=2>moffattr@cadvision.com</FONT></A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net" title=joegarrett@earthlink.net>Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 31, = 2003 9:03 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tuning the Bluthner/plucking</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>For those of us that use an ETD, I think we've found, = (at least I have),<BR>that when you pluck a string it will read flat as = opposed to being struck by<BR>the hammer. I don't know why, but this seems = to be consistant. Any thoughts<BR>from the Scientific bunch?<BR>Best Regards,<BR>Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)<BR><BR>Been There, Didn't = Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! = [G}<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>