[pianotech] Tuning stability problem

[John Formsma]

Now do we really knead this sort of talk on the list, Will?

On Wednesday, September 22, 2010, William Truitt <surfdog at metrocast.net> wrote:
> So Ron:
>
> How much do you charge for a piano massage?
>
> Will Truitt :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
> Of Ron Overs
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 6:55 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tuning stability problem
>
> Hello all,
>
> Low tension in the back scale is very common, and Ron N's description
> of it rings true with me. When a piano hasn't been tuned for while,
> or when it has been tuned recently but there are a number of unisons
> which are more wild than they should be, it is worth giving a couple
> of unisons a rub on the speaking length with a piece of hammer shank
> to see what happens.

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JF