Hi, "Frigid Rook", I live in Regina, Sask., Canada. Recently, our overnight temps have been in the -35 degrees Celsius range. Then, we have this little thing called wind chill - as the wind velocity increases, the apparent coldness is lower than the air temperature - so that some of our reports are of adjusted temperatures in the neighborhood of -58 degrees C. As you said, it's all relative, and I would love to live "relatively" close to your location when our weather is like this. For the jerky/ snappy pins, I agree with the comments about adapting style to the piano. One thing I find myself doing, when the snap puts me past where I want to be with this type of pin, is actually taking it farther away, ie flatter, than I would normally do with a smoothly-moving pin. My idea is that it gives me a little more latitude in making the small increments that will bring it up to where I want to go. Often, I find this works very well, and a small nudge back sets it where I want it. I have had good success with tuning stability using this method in that situation. Hope this makes some sense to you. Enjoy your temps, it could be worse. Sincerely, Tom Dickson >From: "Phil Bondi" <tito@PhilBondi.com> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Subject: Snappy Baldwin Tuning Pins >Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 06:50:35 -0500 > >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 > > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
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