<!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 6.00.2712.300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I believe the saying goes "You can test = blow yourself right out of business!"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Romano</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>MyrtleBeach, SC</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</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> Monday, February 25, 2002 = 6:00 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Test Blows</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I think the general way stability is taught is = backwards:  i.e., tune soft<BR>and test with a few hard blow.  For the best = stability I think you should<BR>tune with hard blows and then test soft where = you can hear (or read) small<BR>deviations.<BR><BR>David Love<BR><BR><BR>----- = Original Message -----<BR>From: <<A href="mailto:SimsPiano@AOL.COM">SimsPiano@AOL.COM</A>><BR>To: = <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: = February 25, 2002 10:48 AM<BR>Subject: Test Blows<BR><BR><BR>> Hi,<BR>> = I've been taught to do a hard test blow on each string as I tune.   I've<BR>been<BR>> wondering if the following might be a more = efficient way to tune using a<BR>test<BR>> blow.<BR>> 1) Tune the entire piano = using no hard test blows, but working the hammer<BR>> back and forth to = try to take all torque out of the pin once the pitch is<BR>> = right.<BR>> 2) After the whole thing is tuned, go back and give each key a few hard<BR>test<BR>> blows.<BR>> 3) Now touch up whatever went = out.<BR>> What I figured was that on trichords and bichords, you're only hitting = one<BR>> test blow per 2 or 3 strings instead of 1 per string, = which means either 2<BR>or<BR>> 3 times fewer test blows.<BR>> By the way, I = use a SAT and start A0 and go up the keyboard.<BR>> Comments??<BR>> Thanks,<BR>> Corey<BR>><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>