Hi Fenton, Given enough climate change unisons will smear too. All the left strings will go the same direction. Perhaps that's the key to what Dr. Coleman is doing with the unisons as you go tuning left string first? I know Ed Foote does the outside strings first too--but I don't know if he does the left string first or not. At 08:49 AM 3/21/2008 -0700, you wrote: > I agree that firm test blows are not necessary with proper hammer >technique. But, I don't think it has much to do with pitch fluctuation, >that would be climate changes. After the piano has dropped in pitch, if it >still has stable unisons, I think the tuner has done his job. Fenton Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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