Tuning Steinway Verticals

[Richard Brekne]

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Good advice Don

RicB

Don Mannino wrote:

> List,Jim has some good advice there - calling Eric is a good plan -
> great guy who knows his stuff.I used to tune a few of these, and for
> me the answer was to use the springing of the pin to my advantage.
> The pins are long and very springy (with no plate bushings to help
> support them), and the coils are often very high off the plate as
> well.  So the basic idea is to rotate each pin so that the pitch is
> fairly sharp, then with the tuning lever straight up in the air pull
> it towards you in small jerking motions to settle the pin and the
> string down to pitch without turning the pin at all.  Using good solid
> test blows.  Even with high V-bar friction this can allow small
> movements and good fine tuning while leaving the pin and upper part of
> the string "loaded" so that the pitch will not drop in hard playing.
> If the pitch of the string wants to pop sharp on a test blow, then
> don't turn the pin quite so far sharp before springing the pin for
> final tuning.  If it still wants to pop flat on a test blow, try
> starting with it sharper.This worked well for me on the Steinway 1098s
> that I used to service regularly.  See if it works for
> you.Don -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Busby [mailto:jim_busby@byu.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 12:45 PM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: RE: Tuning Steinway Verticals
>
>      List,
>
>      I’ve got 12 brand new 1098s and they do tune up better than
>      before the modification made three years ago. Call Eric
>      Schandall and he will give you some “tricks” to tuning them.
>      (Really. And no, that doesn’t include dropping them off a
>      cliff) they are vastly improved over the ones we all know
>      and hate to tune.
>
>      Jim Busby BYU
>
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Richard Brekne
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