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="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 03/22/2003 2:35:19 AM Eastern Stand=
ard Time, Piannaman@aol.com writes: <BR>
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: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Question: would regular t=
uning over the previous two decades have smoothed out the tuning pin rotatio=
n at all? <BR>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Dave,<BR>
I have noticed, that not only would regular tuning have helped,but al=
so good tuning.I have followed people's tuning,especially on pianos with no =
bushings,where good pin setting was only wishful thinking.Then what happens =
is you barely turn a pin,and it goes wild,where maybe one is pulled up to pi=
tch on the flat side,the next on the sharpe side, just dangling there,instea=
d of being relaxed in a stable position.I run across Steinway's in this cond=
ition a lot,especially uprights,it will make you want to get a job roofing h=
ouses( not really ).<BR>
Best,<BR>
Hazen Bannister <BR>
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