On 9/10/09, Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco at luther.edu> wrote: > On 9/9/09, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> wrote: >> Joe: >> >> >> >> Not having tuned a lot of square grands in my time what exactly is the >> challenge? >> >> >> >> David Love > The strings run obliquely from side to side. Tuning pins are set to > the rear of the case so you have to somehow reach over and find the > right OVAL headed tuning pins. > > Before I found an old double headed tip, it was a real challenge to > find the right angle with the "adapter tip" duct taped to a long > regular star tip. (you only have two choices) Ooops... >>>Hit "send" by mistake at this point. <<< It ain't too bad now. I remove the damper stop shelf so I can actually see the pins without climbing into the case (I'm vertically challenged), then I put front rail punchings on Cs and Fs, since I usually can't read the plate markings which are sometimes there. The double headed tip has the oval orientations at 90°, so it's much easier to find a handle direction which doesn't conflict with the lid, just flip it over... ;-} My 2¢. -- Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
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