[pianotech] tuning grands left handed

[Steven Hopp]

Hi,
No real thoughts but a comment:  I am trying a taller lever tip and tuning at 5 to 6 o clock over the stretcher.  It is a challenge right now and I know it will get better but I do feel less pain in my right shoulder blade and shoulder when I can do it.  I guess really I am working very hard to be as ergonomically sound as possible.
Regards,
Steven Hopp  RPTPianoWorks StudioMidland TX  79705

> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:13:31 -0500
> From: jim at grandpianosolutions.com
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: [pianotech] tuning grands left handed
> 
> Hey Will and whomevers,
> 
> I gave my left hand another shot the other day on a nice grand.  Now I 
> remember another reason why I abandoned it... lever at 10:00 oclock on a 
> grand, drop pitch, then smooth push to target works very nice, but then 
> as the pin eases itself back from the push, it pulls the speaking length 
> a bit sharp. I remember now, I was having trouble countering this 
> sharpen-ing tendency. It lead me to abandon my dominant hand on grands.
> 
> Any thoughts.
> 
> My preferred right handed position is 2 or 3 oclock (grand). To be fair, 
> in this position the apparent pitch often rises (sometimes 
> significantly) over the target, but I have a clear feel where the pin 
> foot is in relation to that overshoot, and how much the pitch will come 
> back (at least a fair amount of the time). So either righty or lefty 
> there is an "interpretation" of where things stand when the lever is 
> released.  But lefty, I find that "interpation" zone much harder to read.
> 
> I bet this has more to do with my limited muscle strength than anything 
> else. Pulling righty from the 2-3 oclock position is quite easy to do 
> physically, which leaves adequate strength to control and relax as 
> things get close. Lefty, even being the dominant side, with the push 
> against the front of the hole, the strength and endurance required may 
> just be be beyond my my physical limits, leaving no room to relax and 
> smell the daisies at the critical moment. But even so, I'm curious what 
> you get in the way of feedback from the front segment and distal pin 
> deflection in that slow lefty CW push.
> 
> ...Curious and ready to continue experimenting...
> 
> Jim Ialeggio
> 
> -- 
> Jim Ialeggio	
> jim at grandpianosolutions.com
> 978 425-9026
> Shirley Center, MA
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