for those on the fence about hearing protection..

[Ron Nossaman]

:
> Hi Ron,
> 
> You could hit them..or you could control the humidity. I do agree the piano
> must be stabilized--but as you point out--that can be done with very few
> strong blows. I prefer to control humidity.

Yea, so would I, but I apparently tune for a different species 
than you do, so I have to try to establish the condition of 
the segment tensions from scratch with each tuning.
Ron N