<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16609" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think David has done a great job!! I could do no better.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ES</FONT></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=reggaepass@aol.com href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com">reggaepass@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ed440@mindspring.com href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:32 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Theory and practice of piano tuning by Brian Capleton</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Ed, <DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Well, now that you've chimed in... any details you could share about what Capleton has to say about setting tuning pins WOULD be welcome.</DIV> <DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Alan Eder<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Ed Sutton <<A href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A>><BR>To: Pianotech List <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 5:18 pm<BR>Subject: Re: Theory and practice of piano tuning by Brian Capleton<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_29d4056c-8180-4e40-88a5-676af392a152 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff">David, I was so glad the request was addressed to you! <BR>Ed Sutton <BR> <BR>----- Original Message ----- From: "David Boyce" <<A href="mailto:David@piano.plus.com">David@piano.plus.com</A>> <BR>To: "Pianotech List" <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> <BR>Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:31 PM <BR>Subject: Re: Theory and practice of piano tuning by Brian Capleton <BR> <BR>> Yeah, in summary, he says, It's dirty work, but someone's got to do > it....... <BR>> <BR>> Chapter 11 is entitled Setting the Pin. It starts on page 439 and > finishes on page 480. I'm not sure that it's possible to summarise, but > perhaps this quote from near the start of the chapter may be useful: <BR>> <BR>> "The discussion set out here on setting the pin may seem so detailed as to > be daunting at first sight. The apparent complexity arises only because > the dynamics of pin-setting are decribed here in unusual technical detail > and depth. A practical and intuitive understanding of these dynamics are > usually learnt from many years of tuning experience. The essence of what > is described will therefore already be familiar to expert tuners at a > practical and intuitive level, at the very least as subconscious knowledge > gleaned from practical experience. <BR>> <BR>> "Does one need to understand the technical details? If you are a theorist > you will probably want to. If you are a practical tuner you can probably > skip over them if you wish, and still learn to set the pin from guided > experience. However, if you quite literally want to "know what you are > doing", then naturally, looking at the technuical details can be > enlightening." <BR>> <BR>> Er...hope that helps...... <BR>> <BR>> David. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> "David, <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Could you summarize for us what Capleton has to say about setting the pin > (since, if memory serves, that is the context in which this book was most > recently brought up)? <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Thanks, <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Alan Eder" <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>  <BR></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CA62EDD475C83D-5D8-1A0E><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Get the <A title=http://www.mapquest.com/toolbar?NCID=mpqmap00030000000003 href="http://www.mapquest.com/toolbar?NCID=mpqmap00030000000003" target=_blank>MapQuest Toolbar</A>, Maps, Traffic, Directions & More!</FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>