Theory and practice of piano tuning by Brian Capleton

[Ed Sutton]

David, I was so glad the request was addressed to you!
Ed Sutton

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Boyce" <David at piano.plus.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: Theory and practice of piano tuning by Brian Capleton


> 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"
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