tom wrote: > <snip> > As to the final tuning I will study the recent postings. I wonder if > I could effectively tune without the damper assembly in via the ETD ? The > strings are easily accessible and I might try and strip mute the entire > scale again only pull the strip tight enough to also contact the middle > string. Then tune unison by unison reinserting the strip each time. I might > be jumping through too many hoops here and would be better served to follow > the Papps mute suggestion. That is if I can only find the Papps mute I > bought 30 years ago! > > Tom -dangerously becoming Joe Garrett -Driscoll > Yes, It's possible. I'm using the Cybertuner. I'm reconditioning and tuning a Collard & Collard from 1865 and the way the overdampers are set, it's extremely difficult to tune it with them in. The key that I found is to play the note as softly as possible, as to NOT start the other strings vibrating. If it gets too noisy, I just take my hand and "mute" them quiet - then go back to tuning. Because of random breakage, I had to replace the bass strings. I'm on my second full tuning at A440, and it's beginning to sound really good. I'm planning on one more tuning. (When I first arrived, it was almost 200 cents flat (or whatever 4 whole notes are)) -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years
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