<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1498" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Micheal,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is the position of your tuning = lever in relation to the strings as you tune?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> IE> Towards the tail 12 = o'clock. towards the treble 1, 2, or 3 o"clock?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose = Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></FO= NT></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=michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">Michael Gamble</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 10, 2005 = 6:57 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Fw: re:Kawai = CA-40</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">Michael Gamble</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 08, 2005 6:06 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> re:Kawai CA-40 and Detuning a Yam C-3 to A=415</DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From Sussex where we have a problem = with one of our pianos at Glyndebourne. Doesn't stay in tune. This is not one I = tune for there are two of us and this is a rehearsal stage piano. My colleague = asked me to have a go at it while he stood by. It seems it was tuned just = yesterday and already the top two breaks were in trouble and the effect was creeping = down into the middle break - unisons weren't unison. Yuk! So I = inspected it and found there is quite a lot of Joe G's "flag-poling" going on. Of = course you recognise the model (it also has MII stencilled on the web beside = the CA-40). My gut feeling is there is too much "give" in those wrest-pin bushings. I was just wondering whether a good old dose of CA might not = be in order...it might just harden those bushings...What do <EM>you</EM> think?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also just tuned down a Yam C-3 to = A=415 at Vallotti temperament. I used my "Quadrant System" to do this, but = since I was taking the piano <EM>down</EM> in pitch I started of at A=411 and = went on from there. Finished in two passes including setting the = temperament to Vallotti</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Over to you!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>