Buenos Nachos Silvano. grin.... Welcome to our little community. Tuning stability...hmm I think the most important thing for you to know is that getting a feel for how to use your tuning hammer takes time. This is not something most people accomplish right away. Some take a few years to really get stabil tunings... a few may start getting acceptable jobs done in a year or so but I suspect their numbers are very few. Hints... if you have access to an Electronic tuning device... these are great for drilling yourself on tuning stability. Another thing is to not over work the pin. Tune the piano once very quickly... dont dwell on notes... fight the temptation to do so. Turn the pin so that the pitch of the string goes slightly sharp of the pitch you are after and so that when you release the hammer it falls back down to very close to where you want it... and leave it there until the next time through. Try and notice any general tendancies about how much the strings move when you go through the second time. Going through a third time is quite usual for beginners and for that matter a lot of us who have been doing this a long time at least run through a "listening" round after two rounds of tuning. Another thing is to be very concioiusly consistant as to how you turn tuning pins. Do the same thing for each pin... this will help you be able to judge the results and thereby help you know what kinds of changes you need to make in your tuning hammer technique. All the while you are shooting for a technique that involves pulling just a little sharp....to the point of needing to nudge the string and pin downwards in pitch to set it firmly in place. There are other techniques for sure...but this is probably the most common and best for a begginner to get pretty good at. I am sure you will bet plenty of good advice from some of our other fellow list techs. Keep in touch ! Silvano Coello wrote: > Dear List. > This is the first message I write. Iīm piano technology &tuning apprentice yet and I have a lot of problems at this moment, specially with the stability of the tuning. I spend so much time tuning the trebble zone, because I have to repeat it twice or three times while the rest of the piano is tuned stable and much more easily. When I finish the piano and I check it I see most of the treble notes are out of tune again like if I didnīt tune them. Could you explain me some tricks or technics to make the tuning much more stable in the time I spend making just one tuning? My tuning is good as well in the central and bass strings but not the same quality and accuracy level in he treble, not only for the stabiliy. Can somebody tell me some technics or tricks. > Another thing I want to ask, specially to the USA members. Baldwin pianos were very much sold in my country (Spain) and in my city like if they are the best pianos in the world. I have speaked with some colleagues about them, and all thinks the same point that me: the tuning stability is very low, and he mechanism not so good (I speak about uprights, I never see Baldwin grands), and they are not currently available in the local shops. But I have read a article in any place that says they are getting so goos, now, specially from the 90īs until now. Do anybody can tell their opinion about his brand. > And the last point: I have read inthe list somebody asking about Rosler pianos. I think they are very bad. The sound is good when they are new, bt three or four years after it goes much worse. The strings have a lot of false beats, and the mechanically is not good as well. I think is an appropiate piano for a children that is starting with piano and are not sure if he has choose his favourite instrument. > Thank You very much. > Iņaki Coello Gómez. > Valladolid. Spain > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Pianos en la Red? -> http://www.pianored.com > E-Mail Gratis? -> http://www.pianored.com/email > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - advertisement - - - - - - > Limited Time Offer: FREE Products! Pay only shipping and handling. > Get FREE Software, CDR's, Cellular Accessories, Videos, DVD's, Music, > Injet Refills and much more. > Only when you click here now - - > http://www.free-irewards.com/cgi-bin/bmb2 -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
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