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 <ed440@mindspring.com><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><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="margin: 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000;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 id='u8CA62EDD475C83D-5D8-1A0E' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><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>