<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 9, 2007, at 7:32 PM, Jim Johnson wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">I have to agree with the idea that notes that have stayed in tune will continue to stay in tune.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I don't move my tuning lever to the next pin until I have tested it.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Why put the tuning head on a pin that doesn't need tuning and take a chance of moving it and changing the tuning on that string.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>This is especially important on a concert piano which is tuned for each performance.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Each string has to be checked, but don't touch the pin until you are certain that it needs tuning.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>Dear friends---any pin that moves just by putting your lever on it is not stable in my world. If you are tuning highly</DIV><DIV>focused, highly used and maintained pianos daily or every other day, and are well-experienced at this level of maintenance, then perhaps a case could be made for leaving some pins alone. Maybe.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>As a rule, and an almost universal practical application, I put my lever on every pin, every time. Pins need to be set, and you can't determine if that's done until you both whack the string and feel the pin through the lever. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">When serious players play, they play with intensity and force; they <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">wil</SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">l</SPAN> knock your unisons loose, especially in octaves 6 & 7, if you don't settle the strings along their entire length and set the pin in a rock-solid manner. Guaranteed. And your reputation as one of the trusted, performance-worthy, first-call "guys" in your area will increase exponentially ONLY when your tunings start to achieve this level of stability. AMHIIK. </SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>David Andersen</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>"Always work toward the high end."</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Willis Snyder</DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>