Dale Probst writes, > I do find the combination of pounding and pitch changing >unfruitful. I hope this helps. I agree 100% with this. The pitch raise of a piano takes about 15 minutes, it is easily accomplished with just a soft touch to hear the pitch. Playing softly saves wear and tear on ourselves, while allowing us to hear and feel what the strings, aggraffes, bars, capos etc are doing. All the setting can be done during the tuning. regards, Ed Foote P.S. >==> A valuable asset is to learn to tune opposite handed. What if a shoulder problem all of a sudden rendered you unable to lift the tuning hammer arm?? Pitch raises, being coarse tunings, are a good place to practise with the opposite side. It also helps restore the muscular balance that we spend our careers upsetting, by our strange asymetrical working posture.
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