Grand High Treble Sitting Position, was: Tuning Hammer

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:17:14 -0800


Wait a minute...you tune the treble?...;-]

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: 1/25/2006 9:28:24 PM
Subject: Re: Grand High Treble Sitting Position, was: Tuning Hammer



>> Now why is that hard to picture? I don't get kinky with the piano, 
>> although there is a certain amount of intimacy involved - especially 
>> with those that respond in a meaningful way to my manipulation. It's 
>> just a simple description of how I sit to tune a grand piano high treble 
>> section.
>>  
>> I've only watched one other guy tune a grand piano - and I don't 
>> remember how he approached the high treble. Where do others sit while 
>> tuning the high treble?
>>  
>> Now you've got me curious....
>>  
>> Terry Farrell


>Just like that. I ooze around the treble end. As I tell customers 
>who think having the treble end of the piano buried behind a table, 
>or up against a wall is a fine idea - Imagine sitting on a bench 
>striking an octave with your left hand, one note of which is high C, 
>while cranking pins with the right. Position the piano so this can 
>be done without permanent damage, and we'll get along just fine. 
>Otherwise, left handed or otherwise rubber tuners should be located 
>and retained.

>Nothing can be taken for granted. I knew an old tuner long ago who, 
>in the Summer, used to ask "Do you have air conditioning?" When they 
>said yes, he asked "Is it turned on?"
>Ron N
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