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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill, Do you treat all pianos the same =
gentle
way?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pianos just out of the crate as well as =
pianos that
have been in service with the same strings for years?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also pianos that are recieving a major =
pitch
raise?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@primenet.com">imatunr@primenet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.primenet.com/~imatunr/">http://www.primenet.com/~imatu=
nr/</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:lokman@ix.netcom.com" =
title=lokman@ix.netcom.com>Bill
Peterson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 11, 2001 =
5:25
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Whacking</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I really do not know why anyone =
whacks on piano
keys. If you learn to set a pin, you can use a medium blow, =
which will
never hurt your hands or fingers. I remember going to tuning =
classes
with the big names at the state conventions and never hearing about =
blows hard
enough to be harmful. I think that extremely hard and fast =
whacking is
only used to impress yourself. I do not want my piano roughed up =
in that
manner. I do know several tuners that never use hard blows, and =
they do
excellent stable tunings. Unfortunately one of them is =
dead.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill Peterson, associate South Bay
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