John, At 07:49 PM 6/9/2006, you wrote: >John, >Do you know if this is a nationally known >method? Maybe someone could demonstrate this at >various chapters and conventions. >Marshall >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:john at formsmapiano.com>John M. Formsma >To: <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>'Pianotech List' >Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 7:00 PM >Subject: RE: More on hearing protection > >OK, tune very softly just loud enough to hear >whatever youre listening for when you tune. >With the hammer shank in the same hand as your >lever, set the pin and the string with the lever >where you think it wont move. Then take the >shank and slightly deflect the string. >Obviously, you dont want to be Arnold >Schwarzenegger here enough to see a bit more >deflection than you think you might get with >your severest blows. Experiment its doubtful >you will damage anything with a hammer shank. >Then check for pitch change. If its changed, >you didnt set the string well enough or didnt >deflect the string enough. Repeat until there is >no pitch change. Then, to verify this works, get >adequate ear protection and beat the stuffing out of the string. And enjoy all the voicing you're going to have to do after doing this on a concert instrument! :-D Avery > >Thats about as good as I can think to describe it. > >Experiment enjoy! ;-) > >John Formsma -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060609/67262e87/attachment.html
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