Lesson 13 - Pin Settling Over Time
IMPORTANT: At the time that this lesson was written, I did not have a complete sense of what some technicians meant by "Setting the Pin".
Some thought it meant what I wrote below, that a set pin doesn't move after the hammer force is removed. Similar to the definition of "Setting the String"
Maggie Jusiel of the Butler School helped me to understand another definition that makes more sense and puts "Setting the Pin" back in my mind as something you really need to learn how to do.
Basically, this alternate definition means to set the "foot" of the pin in a place such that the string, when tuned to the target pitch, will be stable.
The description below is still accurate. Just watch it in reference to the fact that there are really two definitions.
ORIGINAL LESSON:
Much is mentioned in other courses about the importance of Setting the Tuning Pin.
Setting the Pin means to leave it in such a condition that it doesn't move after you tune the string.
The main issue is the string though. It is easy to imagine the pin moving and the string not. This is still a stable string.
So, how and when is it ok NOT to set the pin?