Theory and practice of piano tuning by Brian Capleton

[David Boyce]

Yeah, in summary, he says, It's dirty work, but someone's got to do 
it.......

Chapter 11 is entitled Setting the Pin.  It starts on page 439 and finishes 
on page 480.  I'm not sure that it's possible to summarise, but perhaps this 
quote from near the start of the chapter may be useful:

"The discussion set out here on setting the pin may seem so detailed as to 
be daunting at first sight.  The apparent complexity arises only because the 
dynamics of pin-setting are decribed here in unusual technical detail and 
depth.  A practical and intuitive understanding of these dynamics are 
usually learnt from many years of tuning experience. The essence of what is 
described will therefore already be familiar to expert tuners at a practical 
and intuitive level, at the very least as subconscious knowledge gleaned 
from practical experience.

"Does one need to understand the technical details?  If you are a theorist 
you will probably want to. If you are a practical tuner you can probably 
skip over them if you wish, and still learn to set the pin from guided 
experience.  However, if you quite literally want to "know what you are 
doing", then naturally, looking at the technuical details can be 
enlightening."

Er...hope that helps......

David.



"David,


Could you summarize for us what Capleton has to say about setting the pin 
(since, if memory serves, that is the context in which this book was most 
recently brought up)?


Thanks,


Alan Eder"