---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 2/20/03 3:46:34 AM !!!First Boot!!!, precisionpiano@alltel.net writes: > So, my question this time, "How hard to you guys and gals set the pins"? > And do you feel confident with it's holding power? > > Thanks for your input! > > Benny L. Tucker > Precision Piano Tuning &Repair > Benny Setting the pin is not something that is considered "hard." So I don't know exactly what you are saying when you say your setting the pin hard. The strings, yes, you should hit the key hard, so that the string will settle down, and be rendered over all the pressure points. But to set the pin, your doing the right thing, by releasing the tension. But you might want to do one more thing. When the string is "there," and you've released the tension on the pin, just wiggle the tuning hammer a little. Don't put pressure on the pin, and don't bend it. But with your fingers, just lift up the handle of the hammer and wobble it up and down. (or back and forth on a vertical). That is all there is to setting the pin. And as far as your tunings staying or not. Although setting the pin and the string will make it more stable, if a piano is out after several months, especially after the winter we've just had, it isnot anything you did wrong. All of our pianos went haywire this winter. Wim ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7c/ff/96/cb/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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