Some thoughts on a "can of worms"

[Don]

Hi all,

Once I was a pounder. I realized that I had gone too far when one day I
snapped a hammer shank in a brand new Baldwin Hamilton. C3. It cost me the
client--which was an expensive way to learn.

I prefer now to *coax* the string to where I want it using an impact lever.
I believe *very unscientifically* that the impact causes a *tension* wave
to travel down the string allowing it to render more easily. I do try to
time the impact to the hammer blow.

As for stability, coil tightening and tapping at the bridge take care of a
great deal of it. Just as in regulating anything you do affects the rest.
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
"Tuner for the Centre of the Arts"
drose@dlcwest.com
3004 Grant Rd.
REGINA, SK
S4S 5G7
306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner