<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 7/11/2006 10:32:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, pianotuna@yahoo.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Hi all,<BR><BR>I used to experience "post pitch raise creep" when I was in the "hit it<BR>harder than anyone else ever will" pounder camp. I've since joined<BR>"pounders annyomous" and now get splendid results tuning at mp to mf.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.<BR>Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Greeetings, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>          But isnt it better to charge like heck for a pitch raise and pound it so its stable (Er rather, more stable than it would be without pounding) and lasts longer than just tune mf and not have it be as stable, or are you expressing that pounding is not a function of<STRONG>/</STRONG>has no bearing on pitch raise creeping?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia </DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>