Mason & Hamlin Screwstringer

[David Andersen]

On May 15, 2007, at 4:57 AM, J Patrick Draine wrote:

> "Just tune it."

Yeah. Uhhh.....that doesn't work with these beasts. They will  
tune,and hold, magnificently, if you get the protocol down---it's a  
challenge. You have to move the pin---then wait, and keep playing the  
note, and wait, and THEN the pitch will change---the challenge is the  
wait; we're so used to getting instant change when we move the pin  
that it's way counter-intuitive to wait, but that's what's required  
here; I tuned 2 of these beasts for over 15 years---they hold better  
than any upright piano ever---amazing stability, but I never spent  
less than 2.5 hours on a tuning---and charged double.

David Andersen

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