Make sure to test the player mechanism BEFORE you even open the piano. A really uncomfortable situation is when you tune the player, get done, the owner pops in a roll, and it won't play. Now who messed it up? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 5:14 PM Subject: Re: Tuning a Player Piano > Be prepared for inaccessibility (if it's an upright). If you have to strip > mute it can be difficult to find room. Even positioning individual mutes > can be hard in some sections. I am often tempted to charge more for players > for this reason (though I don't). It's definitely easier with an ETD where > you can tune chromatically moving only a single mute as you go. > > David Love > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Delton, Jr. Eason" <dont_b_flat88@yahoo.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: August 16, 2001 1:46 PM > Subject: Tuning a Player Piano > > > > Anything special I should look out for when tuning a > > player piano? > > > > I will be tuning it this weekend so I do have some > > time prepare mental and/or physically. I will be > > looking at it this evening to see if it needs to be > > moved out away from the wall. > > > > Would appreciate any helpful hints and words of wisdom > > from you veterans out there to this here rookie. > > > > D. Eason, Jr. > > dont_b_flat88@yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ >
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