<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; =
charset=us-ascii">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN =
class=081503109-10022002>Never
knock the string harder than with a VERY LIGHTLY TAP in front of the =
bridge pins
if you don't want to crush wood and damp the tone.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=081503109-10022002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN =
class=081503109-10022002>I
guess we are lucky there but most of the pianos I tune don't go out of =
tune that
bad, but we settle them to the point it become difficult to move the
pins.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=081503109-10022002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN =
class=081503109-10022002>Isaac
OLEG</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px =
solid"><FONT
face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 =
size=3
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">I approach this problem in two ways using the =
False Beat
Eliminator only as a last resort. When a string just won't =
settle, I
pull it sharp by an amount that would ordinarily be way too much such =
as 10-30
cents. A hard, sharp blow brings it down instantly. =
Sometimes,
further hard and sharp blows bring it once again way flat. I may =
try
pulling sharp again, maybe a little more. When this just does =
not work,
I pull the string a little sharp, then give a good and quick jab with =
the
False Beat Eliminator. This will usually cause the string to go =
very
flat, as much as 50 cents or more but when it is pulled up again, it =
will stay
put. <BR><BR>Sometimes, it takes more than one attempt. The =
important
thing to consider when using such a tool is damage to both the string =
and the
bridge. You can break a string or induce false beats into it by
distorting the string with too much force. The bridge is made of =
wood,
so too much force can crush the material.
<BR><BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>