Hi Ron: It has been my practice to bump the pin down only on pianos which really look risky (like lots of rust on strings and pins, or on pianos which I know from experience that they are high tension strung pianos like old chickering upts, Emerson, Iver & Pond upts. The only reason I bump these is to make sure that the string is not frozen to the V-Bar. Jim Coleman, Sr. On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Ron Nossaman wrote: > > Not every tuner lets the pitch > >down as you mentioned just before turning it up. In fact, I would imagine > >very few do. > ------------------------- > >Bob Bergantino, RPT > > > > I do. It's not exactly letting pitch down, just a bump. Just enough to hear > a beat change. The pin doesn't move in the block, it's a quick flex. It has > gotten to be so automatic, I don't usually pay it much attention, but I do > it. Anyone else? > > Ron > >
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