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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Alicia,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Yes, IMO having tight coils on the tuning
pins is important for tuning stability. Again, IMO. Why the coils
aren't tight is another issue. I'd recommend before you tune it again,
lower the pitch on each pin enough to use a coil lifter and get them all tight
and tidy. Then tune. Then watch over time. It's possible the
coils may loosen over time with repeated tuning if the angles were drilled
poorly in the pinblock. Also possible to have the coils crossing over one
another from improper angles, or more commonly (particularly in the bass) coils
in which the wire starts crawling up on top of the coils from a top bridge that
is too high above the tuning pin field.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">As far as the strike point issue, David Love
gave you some very good information, and I really haven't anything to add to
it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">SNIP <BR> <BR>Also, how important is
string coil on the tuning pin, last tech who put a set of new strings in, left
the coils all "un-neat" looking (if thats actually a word). </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">SNIP</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Last I cheked (whch was now) my piano
hammers are shapped just right, and the tone they produce is just how I like
it. Basically I'm not shy of wearing off hammers to give them a decent
voicing, and shaping. Yet I still cant find the sweet spot in the
bass...<BR> <BR>Alicia<BR><BR> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>