square grand tuning: fun

[David Ilvedson]

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And it really helps your hammer technique...;-]   

David I.

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From: Isaac Sadigursky <irs.pianos@earthlink.net>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 21:27:16 -0800
Subject: RE: square grand tuning: fun

Hi,Tom!  To make the task of tuning square grands easier,there is=
 a special tuning hammer with extra long handle deigned for that=
 task.I had one and it made this job a lot easier.But,a few years=
 ago I gave it to Joe Garrett and ,maybe,he can describe it=
 better to other square piano enthusiasts..He told me that it=
 makes tuning square grands a lot easier.   Great Holidays to=
 everyone! Isaac  
 
 
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To: pianotech@ptg.org
Sent: 12/21/04 8:50:02 PM 
Subject: square grand tuning: fun


List

Everything I know about tuning square grands I learned from what=
 I've read here on the list.  Never having done it, and having a=
 fondness for things ancient, I read most of the posts about=
 square grands.  And from what I've read, it's something you=
 would do only when faced with a firing squad.  Why?  Because=
 your back will be sore for days afterwards from bending over the=
 thing trying to reach the tuning pins and hit the key at the=
 same time.  

Still...I was willing to have a sore back just to have the=
 experience of working on one.  

Well, for those of you who haven't had the joy yet, let me say=
 that it ain't necessarily so.  I tuned my first square grand=
 this week and it was fun.  Yeah, I had to stretch a bit to reach=
 the tuning pins but I used my Schaff extension hammer and I=
 really had to stand (! or stoop over) the piano only to reach=
 the top octave.  The other pins I could reach while sitting at=
 the bench.  (Stool, actually...)

Maybe this was a small square, and thus was easier to reach the=
 tuning pins.  Then again, maybe some people are just whiners.  

Maybe both!

This square, a Hallet and Davis, was a charming piano with a=
 quaint sound.  There were no trichords, even the steel treble=
 strings were all bichords, so the tuning went fast.  There were=
 a few bass wound bichords that were difficult (impossible) to=
 tune a true unison on, but hey, I had the exact same experience=
 with a Steinway 45" vertical today. 

Just thought I'd present a different viewpoint on the=
 experience.

Tom Sivak
Chicago PTG Associate

P.S.
For the record, I'm 5'11", and am not built like an orangutan: my=
 arm length is proportional to my height!  (Just thought I'd cut=
 a couple of jokes in the bud.)


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