[pianotech] loose tuning pin

[Andrew Anderson]

Sounds like typical rendering difficulties for a chinese-made piano.   
This requires experienced tuning hammer technique and makes  
experienced tuners mutter unprintables occasionally.  There is a book,  
"Different Strokes" on use of the tuning hammer to obtain solid  
tunings on pianos in different conditions which can give you an idea  
of what you need to change to get what you want--a solid tuning.

An experienced technician will recognize if more then improved  
technique is needed and will have an arsenal of solutions to utilize  
if needed.  I won't bother to allude to any because misapplied they  
can make things worse or introduce new problems.

Good Luck,
Andrew Anderson

On Aug 24, 2010, at 9:31 PM, Paul McCloud wrote:

> Hi, Seles:
>     I assume you are tuning your piano, but you are not tuning for  
> others as professional.  Am I correct?  It appears your piano needs  
> some repair, which often happens that the tuning pins won't hold up  
> to the tension on the strings.  If you would like someone to come  
> and help you evaluate the problem, I suggest you go to the Piano  
> Technicians Guild website www.ptg.org and do a search for a  
> technician in your area.  "Two heads are better than one".  You can  
> get many ideas about how to care for your piano by hiring an  
> experienced person to help.  It is hard to diagnose the problem on  
> the internet, especially if we don't know you and how much  
> experience you have.  Let us know how you are able to tune your  
> piano, if you tune by ear or use a tuning aid/tuning machine.  We  
> can give some advice, but we need to know more about you and the  
> piano before w e can offer advice.
>     Good luck.
>     Paul McCloud
>     San Dliego
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: seles tinus
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Sent: 08/25/2010 1:51:41 AM
> Subject: [pianotech] loose tuning pin
>
>
> Hi Everyone, I'm tuning my piano "Christofori",but i got some  
> problem with few the tuning pin,every i tune at the right pith, the  
> tuning pin suddenly go down again.this make me frustate, does anyone  
> has meet this problem and how to fix that?
>
> thank
> regards
> Seles
>

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