[pianotech] tuning grands left handed

[Ron Nossaman]

On 1/24/2013 8:44 AM, Ed Foote wrote:
> Greetings,
>     I have been using more left-handed tuning, lately.  It helps spread
> the load and damage among twice as many joints and tendons.
>     I use a slow push to final position in my tuning, mostly. Usually,
> the last .5 cent is dealt with by using pin flex, so I look for the zone
> that allows that degree of movement using top string tension, alone.
> I still occasionally find myself in a herky-jerky snake fight and have
> to stop and remind myself to pull it sharp and take another shot.

Interesting. When I find myself fighting to find that center balance 
point it's almost always because I'm a touch flat, and just a tiny bit 
sharper makes it fall in just right.


>     In the studios, it is common for the piano to be against a wall, or
> in a box, so that the ability to tune the top octave left handed is
> utile, indeed.

It would be - indeed.
Ron N