---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Hi Ricardo, The way I see this (hey, I am talking to you!), is to look at the =20 tuning pin as a capstan. Putting your tuning lever in the direction of the tail, in the same =20 direction as the strings, is of course the only way to tune. Bending the tuning pin is damaging the capstan and bad for the pin =20 block. I think it would be better to carefully manipulate the tuning pin =20 into 'the' position, followed by the well know 'blow'. (they do it in alleys in the Philippines, in New York, in Amsterdam =20 and almost everywhere... they lure a stupid sailor into an alley and =20 then... boom!) Good for lowering tension too! *(;; > )) EAR On 30-nov-2005, at 23:43, Ric Brekne wrote: > Hi again folks. > > Thanks for the replies guys. The reason I ask is that I ran into a =20= > method for doing this that seemed rather brutal to me, and was =20 > curious to see if anyone had run into it. The fellow called it =20 > <<flexi tuning>>. On grands he would align his tuning hammer so =20 > that it ran as close to parallell to the strings as he could, pull =20 > up the tension on the string and then literally bang (very hard) on =20= > the end of the tuning hammer so as to rather violently bend the pin =20= > towards the speaking length of the string. This would lower the =20 > string tension without turning the pin the logic went, and thus =20 > lowering the tension also (presumably) on the backlength. Then he =20 > would re-tune the speaking length. > > All this strikes me as a bit odd really. I suppose that given the =20 > friction of the bridge pins, there might be some degree of =20 > difference between tension for and aft of the bridge without =20 > affecting tuning stability, but I have a hard time imagining very =20 > much. I have dabbled a bit in <<tuning>> the back scale by using a =20= > string hook. I'd check the pitch of the backlength before and =20 > after, and then again after tuning the speaking length and never =20 > found I could get the back length to stay where I tried to tune =20 > it. I cant say I really got into the whole process much as it just =20= > seemed that with good basic tuning technique the back length =20 > tension should take care of itself. > > I guess I will have to try this out a bit more given some of the =20 > comments about clarity in the high treble. That said, I think I =20 > feel another one of those itches behind my ear coming on :) > > Cheers > RicB > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek R. Vinkeleskade 1-3hg 1071 SN Amsterdam The Netherlands tel/fax : 0031-20-6237357 gsm : 0031-645-492389 www.concertpianoservice.nl ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: EAR.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 17820 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/5a/05/52/7d/EAR.jpg ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment and the stories I hear! ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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