Theory and practice of piano tuning by Brian Capleton

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Ed,



Well, now that you've chimed in... any details you could share about what Capleton has to say about setting tuning pins WOULD be welcome.




Thanks,




Alan Eder


-----Original Message-----
From: Ed  Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 5:18 pm
Subject: Re: Theory and practice of piano tuning by Brian Capleton







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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