<br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:30:04, Don <<a href="mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca">pianotuna@accesscomm.ca</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi Mike,<br><br>With respect, it is nearly impossible to tune LOUD and have wonderful<br>sounding pianos. It is bad for the piano, bad for the tuner's body and does<br> not do much for stability.<br><br>It's easy to prove over pounding if you have access to an etd. Simply wail<br>away on the notes around D7. Start with c7 then c#7, then d7. Stop and<br>measure d7. Then wail away on d#7, e7, etc.<br> <br>Now go have a coffee, and come back in 15 minutes. Take your trusty etd and<br>measure d7. Guess what? It may well be sharp. If so, the technician is<br>pounding too hard.<br> <div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br>>I agree with you completly Phil, there is no such thing as "pounding too<br>>hard" unless you are breaking keys regularly!<br>>I frequently follow the light touch techs and tooners in this area and find<br> >the piano settling more under my touch/pounding but when I finish my tunings<br>>stay put!<br>>I have had the comment more than once that I was the loudest tech they've<br>>ever had, which I take as a complement, I then explain to them why.<br> >Oh and yes I use hearing protection also!<br>><br>>Mike<br></div>Regards,<br>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.<br>Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat<br><br>mailto:<a href="mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com">pianotuna@yahoo.com</a>      <a href="http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/" target="_blank">http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/</a><br> <br>3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7<br>306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner<br></blockquote></div> <div><br>Sorry I don't use a "trusty etd" I instead use my "trusty god given ears" and I haven't experienced what you describe.</div> <div> </div> <div>Mike<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.<br>- Bertrand Russell<br><br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br> <a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>