Sam, I found that the best way to tune one of those old Winters was to put one knee under an end of the keybed and lift up. One at a time, of course. Otherwise, the resulting tuning would have a reversed stretch, narrow fifths, and thirds way too wide. And, as we all know, there's nothing worse than a narrow fifth at the end of a difficult tuning. Worked for lost motion, too... Best. Horace At 02:51 PM 6/3/97 -0400, you wrote: >In a message dated 97-06-01 20:44:47 EDT, you write: > ><< When was the last time you heard a piano (saleman-jp) bragging > >it sounded like a synthesizer? Sam Grossner. Chicago. > > This is it !! > > Your piano sounds like the early version of. . .'xxx'... > > Poor sampling, digital cross dressing, whatever . . . > > It sure beats the time I told the owner, > "Tuning this is like hitting a stick on a chain link fence". > > Thanks Sam. >> > >Jon; Your welcome. Use it in good health. Mr Walters of Walters piano co. >laughed when I told him that. I was trying to talk him into using aluminum >harps. I actually had one cast to prove it to myself. Then I tuned a winter >spinet with an Alcoa harp made during the war. I could have saved the >trouble. But... I learned alot about manufacturing. Best, Sam G. > > Horace Greeley Stanford University email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu voice mail: 415.725.9062 LiNCS help line: 415.725.4627
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