<!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 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tuned a 1920s-type Hardman small = grand today. Who knows what has been done to the pinblock on this POS, but every single = tuning pin up to the mid-treble are horribly jumpy - I mean the finest = increment to change pitch is ten to 20 cents - most moves are more like 30 to 50 = cents. It is virtually untunable. I left most unisons beating maybe an = average a good 1 bps. I've never encountered a piano like this. Is = there any easy thing to do to make it smoother - even moderately tunable? The = piano is a bit of a heap and is not worth dumping much money into.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And yes, we talked about = replacement.   ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry = Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>