As a newbie, that's certainly a misconception I've bought into. I don't know if I can even come up with other potential factors. Wood deformation of bridge and soundboard? Tuning pin torque changing for some reason? (There was some mention of torque measurements over time in the pin driving fluid discussion). Does the plate even respond to initial loads? What have you found? Interesting topic. --Cy Shuster-- Rochester, MN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net> <snip> > Also, inherent in this process is the assumption that continually > stretching strings is the principal reason for the need for more > tunings when a piano is new. That is, again, not necessarily the case.
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