<!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 6.00.2800.1476" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jason,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was always told: "Tune soft - Test = Hard - then listen softly. Last night be had our monthly chapter meeting and James = Schmitt gave an excellent technical on "Stability". One of the main items of = interest, was "Loading", in regard to the tuning pin/string tension. It's easier = to demonstrate then to write about. Most good tuners do this "Loading" instinctively.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>