Piano was tuned to pitch, but now the piano tuner says wait a month because the piano wires are settling. What is going on here?
Piano tuning pins need to be set so when the tuning lever is removed from the tuning pin the note will stay in tune. This adjustment is a skill that takes many hours (and sometimes years) of practice to master. No two pianos have exactly the same pin block made of hard cross laminated maple with the same pin torque for each tuning pin. Adjusting the piano wires slightly in tension is usually not detectable by the human eye, but can be heard as the pitch changes. When adjusting the tuning pin more than a mere tap on the handle, the piano wire has to be pulled tight equally along the pressure points of the speaking length of the piano wire. Pounding the key will help settle the piano wire. If the piano tuner chooses to make drastic adjustments, the speaking length has to be equal in tension from the tuning pin to the hitch. Only one tuning pin can be adjusted at one time. Yet, the string may have two tuning pins to adjust to equal the tension from the tuning pin to the hitch pin. Some lo
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