<!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 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Oh, I don't know, David....  After doing a first pass, you'll almost always come = across one or two notes which end up where they should be. It's just a "law of = averages" kind of thing. Of course, I'll give it a good test blow to make sure = that it will stay there, and if it does, then it's a "freebie". When I get done = with the tuning, I always run my 17ths and listen for any which may have dropped anyway.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Kevin E. = Ramsey</FONT></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</A> ; <A = title=RNossaman@cox.net href="mailto:RNossaman@cox.net">Ron Nossaman</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 25, = 2003 9:56 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: freebies</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I have wondered about this myself when reading about = those who do a quick<BR>pass first.  Unless time is taken to settle the = string and stabilize the<BR>pin, then a second attempt on that pin will be = necessary even if it sounds<BR>in tune.  It seems like the first pass (unless it = is a rough pitch<BR>correction) is a waste of time if it doesn't attempt to = achieve stability.<BR><BR><BR>David Love<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>