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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I really do not know why anyone whacks =
on piano
keys. If you learn to set a pin, you can use a medium blow, which =
will
never hurt your hands or fingers. I remember going to tuning =
classes with
the big names at the state conventions and never hearing about blows =
hard enough
to be harmful. I think that extremely hard and fast whacking is =
only used
to impress yourself. I do not want my piano roughed up in that
manner. I do know several tuners that never use hard blows, and =
they do
excellent stable tunings. Unfortunately one of them is dead. =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill Peterson, associate South Bay
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