too much "pounding!"

[Paul]

Terry
It sounds to me your Steinway tech is a little insecure about his tunings. I
can't claim a lnog history of concert work, but I tune a lot of Steinway
grands for some very talented clients, and have for quite sometime; which
tells me my tunings hold up to their scrutiny. I don't understand why your
tech friend needs to go through all that if he getsright the first time.

Paul Chick
----- Original Message -----
From: Charly Tuner <charly_tuner@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: too much "pounding!"


> This is the same, or at least ONE of the methods that our Steinway tech
> uses...but the "pressing" of the string with the brass rod is done ONLY to
> cofirm that the string IS completely settled. So when he perfects a unison
> with key strikes and setting the pin, (with the hammer) THEN he tests the
> solidness of the unison with the brass rod.
>
> terry
>
> >From: Don <drose@dlcwest.com>
> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >Subject: Re: too much "pounding!"
> >Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:08:47 -0600
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >Where exactly does he press?
> >
> >At 08:11 AM 03/30/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> > >Terry
> > > A Steinway tech showed us a technique he uses for setting the strings:
> > >after tuning the string he presses against the string in its speaking
> >length
> > >with a brass tool and deflects (bends) the string about as much as its
> > >diameter to settle it.
> >Regards,
> >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
> >
> >Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
> >
> >drose@dlcwest.com
> >http://donrose.htmlplanet.com/
> >
> >3004 Grant Rd.
> >REGINA, SK
> >S4S 5G7
> >306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
> >
>
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