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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’m probably opening up a huge can of worms, but here
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As a newbie tuner, I’m still fascinated by the
different tuning personalities of certain brands of pianos. My current
frustration is with Yamaha pianos, uprights and grands. Techniques I use
for other pianos just don’t seem to work here. When tuning Yamahas,
I do the typical approach from above, carefully “notch tuning”
until I get down to the correct pitch. Then I let go and the darn thing
goes sharp. I end up doing a little jig where I approach from above, go
past the spot where it needs to be, and then back up again at which point it usually
settles in nicely. Does this make any sense at all?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The fact that the pitch goes back up when I let go of the
hammer makes me think that I am not settling the bottom of the pin
properly. I’m worried that my “jig” technique described
above it not going to produce a stable tuning. Any advice or experiences
on this particular brand?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>PS – I was just looking in the Different Strokes book
by Ken Burton and the closest comparison I can find is The Snake on page 59.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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