Unison Width - was stability issue

[Robin Blankenship]

This is pretty much the reason I choose to aim for the cleanest possible
unisons first. THEN, brush/needle the hammers. Nice contrast when all done.
A bit more work and unpleasantness up front. Nice, easy slide home.
Robin
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> I tuned many, many Kimball consoles back in the "Eighties" when I was
> doing work for a local piano store.  The more false beats an instrument
> has, the less "wiggle room" you have when tuning unisons (and octaves).
> And if the hammers are overly bright... if the instrument is somewhat
> shrill....  this just magnifies the problem.  I've always believed that
> voicing them down somewhat would improve matters greatly.
> Unfortunately, most people who purchased these pianos had low price as
> one of the leading priorities.  To suggest anything that might cost
> either the piano owner or store owner more money would simply put me in
> the hot seat.  I'm so glad the "Eighties" are over and I'm off the
> tightrope.  (Well....mostly.)  JG
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