[pianotech] Hammer Technique: was Q & A Roundtable

[Ron Nossaman]

On 2/1/2011 9:52 PM, John Formsma wrote:

> I always overshoot by some amount. But it seems like it's the pin twist
> that _is_ the overshoot.

Yes, of course. And the only way to estimate the back twist with any 
accuracy is with the overshoot, and testing/settling.


>Once you un-twist the pin, you can flex the pin
> to see whether the pin and string are where you want them.

That's it, to see where equilibrium is.


>I tend to
> think of it in these terms: any action I do to the pin can be undone. If
> I move the pin the smallest amount in the block, I can un-twist and/or
> un-flex it to the proper pitch.

And if you can't find the comfortable balance where the pin is, you move 
the pin again.


> It's hard to explain with words. Like you said, we "so rarely do the
> same thing twice in a row."

Yup.
Ron N