Tuning lever heads

[Isaac OLEG SIMANOT]

Hello Clyde,

A long (very long eventually) tuning head works perfectly, assuming you use
quietly the flag polling motion

I was very reluctant to use some, but I sometime have to. Eventually I will
appreciate the less stiff feedback when tuning with one (the unisons tuning
"flows" better.

I use habitually a regular tuning tip, but I've seen many very competent
tuners using very long ones, mostly on grand's, and any time I use one I
liked the result.

I feel that the delayed motion oblige you to use more your playing hand, at
the benefit of the overall sound (projection). A short head is so immediate
that I sometime feel it constrain my arm/hand movement , and that is
possibly percept in the final sound.

Take care everyone

Regards.

Isaac OLEG

using the one that works (VT100 ) !


> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]De la part
> de Clyde Hollinger
> Envoyé : samedi 1 décembre 2001 14:14
> À : pianotech@ptg.org
> Objet : Tuning lever heads
>
>
> Friends,
>
> I'd like to take this discussion a different direction.  As I admitted
> recently, I am a left-handed tuner.  When I am tuning a grand piano, my
> preferred position of the tuning hammer is about 5:00, which
> brings the handle
> out over the front top edge of the grand piano.  On verticals I
> use a 1 1/2"
> tuning lever head whenever possible, but I also carry a 3" head
> which I use on
> grands and sometimes on verticals where the short head won't work.
>
> But even that doesn't work on a 1993 Kawai GM-1 grand.  That
> front piece (front
> beam, stretcher?) is simply too high.  Positioning the hammer at
> 3:00 would
> have worked, I suppose, but the twist in my back felt
> uncomfortable at best and
> unhealthy at worst.  I found out that piece was purely cosmetic
> and by removing
> four screws the whole thing simply lifted off, so that's what
> I've been doing
> with that piano ever since.  I told the client what she needs is
> a right-handed
> tuner, but chances are she'll stick with me.  I think she likes me (in a
> strictly platonic way -- now don't go getting the wrong idea).
>
> Somewhere along the line I picked up the idea that the shorter
> the tuning lever
> head, the better, so I am hesitant to buy a 4", 5" or 6" head,
> especially when
> I need it for only one piano.  Advice, anyone?
>
> Regards,
> Clyde Hollinger, RPT
> Lititz, PA, USA
>
> kam544@flash.net wrote:
>
> > However, my weapon of choice is a 6 1/2" tuning lever head &
> tip I put on
> > for situations where space is at a premium.  Have dealt with
> this for years
> > at the university I service, as well as a few other choice locations.
> > Clears all grand rims to date.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Keith McGavern
>
>