<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've just finished my annual tuning marathon (42 NEW pianos) for = the Orford summer music camp (so much for the sponsored loan program). All these = are nice Yamahas. Talk about tight pins. The impact hammer wouln't turn them even = at full swing. I had to use my extension hammer at full extension otherwise I = would have just hurt myself. These pins were just twisting so much before they = turned in the block that I had to try different techniques before I went crazy (or = is is too late ?). I took measurements and found out that I could get a pitch = change of over 27¢ one way BEFORE I could feel the pins turn in the bock. = This means that I could have gone 27¢ flat or 27¢ sharp before anything was = stable. So in the end, it was all a question of hammer technique and mechanical = biofeedback. Had to do my testblows with the tuning hammer (fudging sharp and low) to = feel the pin's final resting place.</DIV> <DIV>Sos now, I'll just wait for the humidity and the students to settle = them all for me so I can start going my rounds and tune them again next week. = It's good practice anyway.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hope you all enjoy the summer holidays (for those of you who = can).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Marcel</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Marcel Carey, RPT, accordeur Technicien<BR>Rock Forest  = QC<BR>(819) 564-0447</DIV></BODY></HTML>