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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ric....This is what I've been shouting here. I just
don't understand the necessity of pounding!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I guess it's how you learned in the first place and your
natural preference.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>From: "Richard Brekne" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:ricb@pianostemmer.no"><FONT
face=Arial>ricb@pianostemmer.no</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>To: <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT
face=Arial>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:10 AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Subject: for those on the fence about hearing
protection..</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial>>I have to
disagree... there simply is no such thing as a piano that <BR>>
<<requiress>> hard pounding to get into and hold a stable
tuning. There <BR>> are too many tuners out there that are capable of
extremely stable <BR>> tunings without pounding. There may be tuners
who can only tune this <BR>> way... and there may be tuners who cant get a
stable tuning one way or <BR>> the other... but that by no means says
anything about pianos... only the <BR>> tuners.<BR>> <BR>> Pounding is
simply not necessary. Pound away if you find it the easiest <BR>> way
to be sure... but in the end the <<stable tuning>> is in the wrist.
<BR>> Pounders... at least the good ones... simply set the string by learning
<BR>> the right combination of where to leave the pin and how much pounding
to <BR>> bring it into place. Non pounders... at least teh good ones of
these <BR>> just set the string where it should be in the first place and no
amount <BR>> of pounding will do anything positive at all.<BR>> <BR>>
This is a classic different strokes for different folks thingy... there <BR>>
is no <<one way>> here.<BR>> <BR>> Cheers<BR>> RicB<BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> Well said Les and I think overlooked by many, perhaps
including<BR>> myself. I<BR>> tune way
too many, poorly by half, regulated pianos and I still,
no<BR>> matter<BR>> how poor the
instrument is, must satisfy my own standards that the<BR>>
piano is<BR>> tuned to the best of my ability. Sometimes
that requirs a lot of<BR>>
pounding<BR>> that I wouldn't do or would find needless on
a better piano.<BR>> <BR>></FONT></BODY></HTML>