<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>I've heard that, too, and usually from the same customers, time after time. My hunch is that they are trying to obtain the same sound as before and make some unconscious adjustment in their technique which makes the action feel different to them. The effect can be very real indeed to them.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Robin Blankenship</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dnereson@4dv.net href="mailto:dnereson@4dv.net">David Nereson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 01, 2007 5:14 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Did you ever hear this one?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B><A href="mailto:PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com">PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com</A><BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:17 PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B> Did you ever hear this one?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT id=role_document size=2> <DIV>I have at least 2 or 3 customers who could swear that the touch improves after a good tuning, even though I did absolutely no mechanical work - -just a good tuning. Anybody out there ever hear this from a customer?</DIV> <DIV>Is it purely psychological or are there ghosts and goblins at work?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik</DIV> <DIV>NYC</DIV> <DIV>Tech. since 1980<SPAN class=299565102-01022007><FONT size=3> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=299565102-01022007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=299565102-01022007><FONT size=3>Yes, I've heard that once or twice, but usually after doing a pitch raise and tuning (much pounding and test blows) on a piano that hadn't been played much at all prior to the tuning.  Maybe it helped ease keys slightly or get center pins moving again that were starting to freeze up with vertigris.  (??) </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=299565102-01022007><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=299565102-01022007><FONT size=3>    On a related note, I had a piano major say she could tell when somebody had been pounding on the piano because the touch was different.  I didn't say anything.  She had some other theories that to me were malarkey.    </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=299565102-01022007><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=299565102-01022007><FONT size=3> --David Nereson, RPT</FONT> </SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>