Pounding tuning pins.

[JIMRPT@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 8/27/2000 6:46:33 AM, Doug wrote:

<<"I'm the second or third tech to service this piano which the main 
complaint has been tuning instability.">>

Doug;
 In this instance please define what you mean by "tuning instability".

Newly strung instruments that have not had the requisite number of tunings 
(read stretching/settling/seating efforts) will typically display "tuning 
instability". The more sensitive the player, the less number of tunings, the 
more "instability" the piano will display. There is no magic involved here 
just a certain, varying, number of tunings and amount of playing time before 
any newly strung piano settles down.

 Early bird Roger had some good thoughts.......but you would expect that from 
a Baldwin tuner who uses a three foot long tuning lever!! :-)

  The particular thingee you are dealing with here has a "floating" pinblock 
and all the tightening of plate fasteners, tapping termination points, coil 
height setting and block to flange fitting magic ain't gonna keep it from 
flopping around just as it wants to do....................this brings us back 
to my original question "define tuning instability in this case".
Jim Bryant (FL)