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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Hi Bill </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I think maybe the =
problem in all
this dialogue is perhaps an issue of semantics .I.E. define hard =
blow or
whacking. How do you do this? I don' know how on a =
list.
However I firmly beleive that good firm blows on any tuning are =
needed
for stability. That being said I'm not talking about abusive =
blows.
It's true that so much stability is acheived with really wonderful pin =
technique
but the tunings I follow by those I personally know who do not use firm =
final
blows acheive tunings that frankly are unstable and the unisons are =
always the
tell tale culprit, Oh so many variables I know,I know but =
after 30
yrs of expereiencing this phenomenom I am taking this oppurtunity to =
express my
bias in this area. It is of course possible that there pin tech. =
isn't
that great . </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>My Dad =
learned to tune
from William B. White in 1950 and the hallmark of his tunings and =
those of
his pupils( which were 5 including me)was stability. Tuning
instability was not tolerated. So it that regard I concur that we =
should
all" learn to tune like they used to" if this is what you mean. =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> My advice to myself 30 yrs =
ago when I
was younger and indefatigueable woud be to work on my pin tech. more and =
pound
less BUT hey you know what my tunings were stable for a very long time =
and none
of the pianos fell apart or were damaged due to hard blows ! =
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Sincerely, Dale
Erwin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>