Snappy Baldwin Tuning Pins

[Avery Todd]

Hi Phil,

    Happy holidays to you, too.
    In all the hundreds of Baldwins I've tuned, I've never found a way to 
lessen
the "snap". I've always just kept battling them until I get them to snap to
where I want them and a test blow confirms that they'll probably stay for a
while.
    Maybe someone else will come up with something better. If there is a
better way, I'd love to know it.

Avery

At 06:50 AM 12/22/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Happy Holidays from fridgid (it's all relative!) SW Fla.
>
>The subject again for me is the 2 Baldwin R's located in a fine restaurant
>in this area.
>
>The one thing that I am willing to admit now to this list is:
>
>The 'worst' offenders go sharp instead(?) of flat.
>The worst offenders have the snappiest tuning pins.
>
>Again, there is a 7-day a week schedule for these pianos..blah blah blah..
>
>(showing my forever rookiness)..is there a technique for setting snappy
>tuning pins so when/if they want to move, they move less than they are now?
>when they go, they really go.
>
>I THINK I know how to set a tuning pin..this situation in this environment
>is getting the best of me.
>
>hopefully, the suggestions here will help me.
>
>Thanks,
>
>fridgid rook
>
>