Last Friday I received an emergency tuning request for someone having a Christmas party and using an 1859 Steinway square grand. The pianist had just come to try it out and said it was really out of tune. So, the owners called me and said they would pay whatever if I would come and tune it before the party. This was my first square to tune. It had just been rebuilt and purchased from another state. I took my daughter to play the keys. That sort of worked. It's hard to get someone else to play the keys and intervals like you want. The torque on the pins was off the scale. I would think 200+, so, very hard to manipulate. I hope those will loosen up with subsequent tunings. A couple of hammers grazed strings on adjacent notes and there wasn't time to fix those. All in all it was a very difficult job and the results were not anything I would want another tech to hear. Bob Hull --- Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> wrote: > > >I nearly always use my P-12ths rendering on tunelab > for these. Seems to give a very nice result. Never > tried the assistant bit... tho I suppose if they > were willing to work for half of minimum wage I > might consider it :) > > > > > > Cheers > RicB > > >>The last time I tuned either one was before I had > my RCT. Just a wild > >>idea, but has anyone tried tuning a big square > using an assistant at the > >>keys and you in the back with ETD and tuning > hammer? Could be easier on > >>the back. > >> > >>Conrad Hoffsommer > >> > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Send a seasonal email greeting and help others. Do good. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com
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