Jon, excellent explanation. That is the way I tune, but I would not have been able to put it into word as you have. I know that there will be an argument here soon about which way is better. Let me say this. Two of my good friends at the factory I worked at, were excellent tuners. Stable, dead on tunings. One was a jerker and the other was a smoothly. It's all about preference. Al Guecia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Page" <jonpage at comcast.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 7:29 AM Subject: Tuning lever length > I'm a smooth-pull tuner, applying slight impact only when appropriate. > I feel the torque of the pin and overpull accordingly and make a > diminishing series of + & - motions to set the pin and string with > a final slight + motion to keep the front section of string length > at a minutely higher tension than on the speaking length side > of the counter bearing friction. A lower tension on this forward > string segment would be more apt to allow this lower tension to > creep across the counter bearing making for a less stable tuning, > a final + lilt (nudging pin torque) braces the string better. > > As with moving or lifting a piano, apply force and increase effort > until the desired motion is achieved, don't heave your body into it. > > I carry two stationary levers 9.5" & 11.5" and a Hale 10.5" with > interchangeable heads for strut clearance. Which one I'll use > depends on pin torque and clearance issues. For concert work > I prefer the 9.5". > -- > > Regards, > > Jon Page > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080223/54a0f8c3/attachment.html
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