Piano tuning - string leveling

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[drwoodwind]

Once leveled, the hope is that the hammer then hits all three strings with the same force - meaning that the leveling should be long term.

[drwoodwind]

Leveling lasts a long time... It may not take much force, but the force is focused close to the termination point.

Yes, this can and should be done on an upright, though it is easy to shape the hammer to fit the strings as well.

[fluterampal]

The force of the hammer hitting the strigns are much stronger than the force you exert in levelling. Wont a few minutes of playing knock this levelling off?

[etyrnal]

enlightening - thanks - never understood why high notes have more strings - i finally intuited it from this vid =)

[jjoegarr]

Thanks for putting this up. How about Steinway D's, where the dampers are so close to the plate and there isn't enough room to pull the tool towards the plate? Do you just pull straight up?

Thanks

[tun875]

Longer part of the string? You mean speaking length? No, massaging is to be done near the front bearing point.

[tun875]

The soundbord is not curved enough to change the string level in any significant way.

So using a sring level is the way to go.

[Pianotec]

You frget to mention that the action may be in its exact place in the cavity for hammer mating, controling that precisely each time the action goes out then in is important.

It is possible to push down a little even the grand strings if necessary.

I've find the level sometime useful, sometime no, as the soudnbord is curved, the bridge also is, and the ideal level is not always attained at strike point.

Massaging is to be done on a longer part of the string.

[JASenior44]

Hi, it doesn't look like it takes much force to do this - almost less that you might expect from the hammer when playing fff! How permanent is this levelling?

[videatus]

Nice, Is it possible to do this with an upright?