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Bill Kibby wrote:All I can add is that some people use self-adhesive corn pads to replace touch washers!

Why would they do that ????

The problem is nowadays that not only can a piano of this age be worthless but you would also be looking to pay someone to take it away if you wanted rid of it. As an experienced UK tuner I regularly tune pianos that cost more for me to tune them than they are worth. I am still happy to tune these p...

Arthur, Chris touched a little on lever technique for you but there is a very important part of the tuning technique that you need to know. When you feel that the note is absolutely in tune you need to hit the key very heavily. Much more heavily than it would ever be played by a pianist. If the stri...