<!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 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Geeeeeezzzzzzzzzz. I guess I should not have used the term Whakker = in my original post. I thought it was a cute term. Just a thing to depress the = keys with. Ok, I use a key medium-blow-activator. See, now no one is hitting = keys hard. My arm is screwed up. It hurts. Maybe not even from piano tuning. = But it hurts so I use a key medium-blow-activator. Maybe we can call it a key depressor-at-sufficient-rate-to-cause-sounding-of-strings.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is like a rumor that starts out as one thing, but gets = convoluted along the way being passed from person to person, until it turns into = something totally different from what it started. I'm not a piano whakker, I am a = piano technician that tunes pianos as part of his service.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:lokman@ix.netcom.com" = title=lokman@ix.netcom.com>Bill Peterson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 11, 2001 = 6:12 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Why not learn to tune = like thy used to tune.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I never remember hiring a piano = whacker.  My parent hired a piano tuner.  I remember some of our Big Name = conventions instructors would teach you to set the pin, not whack it into = place.  I think I missed something along the way.  I do not want a piano = whacker whacking on my piano either.  I also have seen some of the best = Guild Guys do speed tunings without whacking and the tunings are = stable.  I think whacking is another vice that some get off on.  You know = the saying dazzle them with speed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill Peterson, South Bay Chapter</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>