This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/related attachment ------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C57C8B.EDFA7640 Hi Don, On a more constructive note, I do tune square pianos. I charge by the = hour - period. Don't quote a fixed price. And I incorporate a = frustration factor into my rate. I make it adequate so that I can smile = all the way through the experience. Make it clear to the piano owner that you will do what you can - if the = piano has original parts, they are way past their life span, so the = owner needs to understand that just breathing on the piano may cause = things to break. I also sit while tuning a square. I have a back injury, and I couldn't = bend over one for more than a minute without killing myself. So I built = the simple pivoting extension tuning lever in the photo below. Works = great. It also has two oval tips set at 90 degrees to one another which = helps immeasurably. Pitch? 99+% of the pianos I tune go to A440. I have tuned squares to = A440 and I have left some flat because of string breakage or the threat = thereof. I talk to the owner and see how risky they want to get chasing = A440. There is no reason in the world a square grand can't be restored = to top condition, BUT, I have yet to ever run across a square that = wasn't worn down to a rusty, crusty, twisted, crunchy, warped little = nub. For anyone that wants to play a piano like that, having the pitch = at A440 isn't likely to be a limiting performance factor. Terry Farrell > Terry - I've heard that suggestion about "running" in past years. = This=20 > is for a small local museum. I've put them off for several years, and = there=20 > is no one else in the area. I don't know "what I want to know" = because a=20 > square is all new to me. >=20 > Don P >=20 >=20 >> Run away, run away! ;-) >> >> What do you want to know? >> >> Terry Farrell >> >>>I will be working on a square grand in a few days. Tuning and some = >>>minor repair to dampers and a few loose pins. Do any of you have a = few=20 >>>pertinent instructions for this first time experience? >>> >>> Don P. ------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C57C8B.EDFA7640 An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c4/82/ee/9b/attachment.htm ------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C57C8B.EDFA7640-- ---------------------- multipart/related attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 152217 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/29/b0/43/1e/attachment.jpe ---------------------- multipart/related attachment--
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